Great commentary! I enjoyed your insights. Very helpful. Just one thing to add- I think at the end, when Marian is repeating that she loves Robin over and over again, she is saying it as a new realization. If you watch her eyes, you can see it as if the knowledge is slowly dawning on her.
Before, she had had feelings for Guy and so her heart was conflicted. Finally, because of what he has done, because of where he had left her and what he is about to do, she can say that she loves Robin and MEAN IT completely. Her heart is no longer torn. Guy, by acting as he has, had indeed made himself irredeemable in her eyes. From her perspective, this has effectively severed their relationship. And so at last she is made free. Free to love Robin completely. And it is this joy you see in her- it is why she laughs. No to goad Guy but because she is finally free. Of him. Of his hold on her. Hope that makes sense.
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Date: 2008-01-01 08:07 am (UTC)I enjoyed your insights. Very helpful.
Just one thing to add-
I think at the end, when Marian is repeating that she loves Robin over and over again, she is saying it as a new realization. If you watch her eyes, you can see it as if the knowledge is slowly dawning on her.
Before, she had had feelings for Guy and so her heart was conflicted. Finally, because of what he has done, because of where he had left her and what he is about to do, she can say that she loves Robin and MEAN IT completely. Her heart is no longer torn.
Guy, by acting as he has, had indeed made himself irredeemable in her eyes. From her perspective, this has effectively severed their relationship.
And so at last she is made free.
Free to love Robin completely.
And it is this joy you see in her- it is why she laughs. No to goad Guy but because she is finally free.
Of him. Of his hold on her.
Hope that makes sense.