Some people may think that social structures are important, and are needed to keep a society "running". And apparently, in the movie "A Room with a View" it's an important topic. What I could mostly understand was that because the man the protagonist loved was foreign, she couldn't be with him because that would've been a total scandal and downgrade to the woman’s family. And in England, in the time setting of the movie, the lowest at the social structure pyramid were the foreign. I believe this is totally pathetic, and people should be with the one they love no matter what. I mean, she obviously didn't like the man that asked for her hand, but she still continued with the engagement because it was going to be good for the family name (or I guess). But she was with another person, and you are telling me it’s alright to marry someone you don't love just for social status? But this was a different time and place, so who am I to judge the lifestyle they had? To be honest, I saw the film twice and I didn’t find another social problem apart from the one I stated before. So if you did found something else, and you feel like sharing, please comment below what you noticed and let me and other readers gain from your knowledge.
What I really liked about this movie was the way I interpreted the title. We can see that when Lucy and her aunt arrive to Italy, they are given a room with no view, and some gentlemen and his son gave away their room, that had a view, to the ladies so they could be happy, and also because they didn't need a room with a view to feel better. Well, I think the room with no view represents the protagonists closed world. It represents her life before she met her new lover, how she saw the world; just plain 4 walls and that was it. But then, this new lover gave her a room with a view, to see something new and beautiful of the world. A view that inspires her to get out of her comfort zone and don't follow the already established social structure. So, this new man gave her reasons to be true to herself and the one she loves, to not settle for 4 plain walls, but to look for a room with a view to be remembered that there is more to the world that we may think.
Im too tired to give feedback so I'll just say that you did a really good work on explaining the meaning of the tittle.
ResponderEliminarNice work explaining the title and relating it to the situation that Lucy went through.
ResponderEliminarWow, so many time wondering what the title was about and yet you explain it in such a simple manner that it makes me feel stupid. Great analysis, that's all!
ResponderEliminarHello Jeanette! A Brilliant analysis of the movie and how it pertains to its title! Not much to be said.
ResponderEliminar~~~Paula
I admire your analysis of the title of the novel/movie adaptation. Would you agree that the foreign love Lucy has is something that adds to that effect of going out of her comfort zone?
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