Waterloo Bridge 影评.doc

The theme of Waterloo Bridge ---Love, Friendship and War Abstract: Waterloo Bridge1 embodies the themes of love, friendship and war. The love between Myra2 and Roy3 is precious and the friendship between Myra and Kitty is valuable, but those wonderful things all turn tragedy when facing the cruelty of the war. Key words: love friendship war Character:?Myra--A?ballet?dancer,?Roy--A?captain?in?the?Rental?Ship,?Kitty--Myras?best?friend,?Also?a?ballet?dancer? Time:?During?the?World?War?14?? Place:?London? Background:?The?Great?Britain?is?at?war?with?Germany,?one?day?Germany?launched?an?air?raid to Britain. Then Roy and Myra had their first meeting in a public air-raid shelter, which began their love story. Plot: During an air raid in World War I in London, the hero Roy, a young romantic British army officer who is to be set off to the front and the heroine Myra, a ballet dancer who is beauty and optimistic met occasionally and fell in love with each other so that they decided to make a lighting marriage. Also because of the war, the lovers were separated before they host a formal wedding--- Roy must leave for Frances .Then a series of sad news came about---Myra’s expelling from the ballet theatre; the bad news of Roy’s death; no money for living; her best friend’s selling of spirit (as a prostitute) and then so does she; Roy’s coming back and Myra’s inner suffering; sad ending. My comments: The?book?tells?a?moving?love?story?happened?during?the?World?War?I.?Love?was?a?luxury?for?young?people?in?that?time.?Myra’s?struggling?for?love?and?freedom?set?an?example?for?them?.she?stood?in?no?fear?of?force?to?fight?for?a?true?love?and?a?happiness?life.?She?kept?waiting?for?Roy?until?she?was?told?that?he?was?killed?in?the?war.?Her?persistent?to?love?moved?me,?which?may?enlighten?many?people.?But?she?didn’t?get?a?happy?ending?and?fell?to?be?a?prostitute;?it’s?not?only?her?tragedy?also?a?tragedy?of?the?society?in?that?time,?which?was?brought?by?the?war. This classic love movie