Selected Classic Love Story : Roy and Mara
On a bridge in London called Waterloo, a beautiful, poignant, and moving love story quietly began amidst the roar of cannon fire. Similarly, this love ultimately reached its end on the same bridge. In truth, this love never truly ended and never will.
From beginning to end, this love was so perfect. In this story, there are no bad people — everyone we see is good. The moment Roy and Mara met at the bridge, a great love began. Roy gazing up at the window in the rain was the highlight of their story. It was only on their way to the church to get married that they asked each other’s names. Everything seemed absurdly improbable, yet at the same time, entirely reasonable. This whirlwind romance, maturing in an instant, led one person to sacrifice everything for love, while the other would forever carry this love in their heart.
All the people in this story are forgiving — Roy’s uncle, his mother. What is unforgiving, however, is an intangible atmosphere — one that suffocates, tightly controlling everyone. Every person is helplessly watching the cruel reality advance step by step. Yet in a certain sense, Mara’s death is precisely the most moving part of this story. It is her death that gives this story its immortality. Without it, Mara would have become just another Jane Eyre. However, the Roy she faces is a bit more romantic and a little kinder than the Rochester whom Jane Eyre faces. Jane Eyre’s story, in fact, cannot really be considered a great, classic love story. It is more appropriately called a classic work of personal struggle or a critique of the Victorian education system and the notions of social class.
The British female author Jane Austen believed that marriage should be between social equals. But the story of Roy and Mara transcends these boundaries. If we were to awaken this great author from her grave and ask her to evaluate the love story of Waterloo Bridge, I imagine she would feel very conflicted, truly conflicted.
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