THE DUCHESS

In the movie the main characters were GEORGIANNA; she was the Duke´s wife, WILLIAM; The Duke, ELIZABETH; she was the concubine and CHARLES GREY; he was Georgianna´s affair. This movie showed how life was at that time. We can understand how politics, culture and manners were an important influence for people.

Georgianna was a strong woman. She had a lot of courage. She liked to defend herself and to express her point of view. She didn’t care about what people can think about her. She always tried to express her ideas and sometimes she did it. On the other side was The Duke, he only loved himself and nobody else. He had a lot of power and he used that power to do whatever he wanted. That’s why Georgianna had to stay with him because he used that power to control everything and he used their children to force Goergianna to stay at home.

At that time it was very difficult to have a peaceful life. Women had to pretend many times that everything was OK. They were lies because their husbands did whatever they wanted. They used their influence to control everything. Women had to live with that sadness without being able to overcome it. It was very weird and unusual to see a woman expressing her ideas or having a political or social role, almost illegal.

In my opinion the movie tried to show us how life was so difficult at that time. It was normal to see one person that controlled everything and the rest with no expression at all. They only had to obey even thought he was wrong. Why did I write “he”? Because at that time men were powerful and women were considered as things without feelings. That’s why many people were unhappy. I think that in that time people wanted to find happiness but that was very hard. They wanted to find happiness but that was a risk, so they chose to live a beautiful life that was a lie.

I liked a lot how was Georgianna because I admire her strength and courage. That showed us that if we want to change something wrong in our life we have to fight for that. Charles Grey also was a person that had a lot of values. He didn’t matter about having a baby boy or girl, because he loved that woman. He was very loyal and respectful but he never gave up his dreams nor his opportunities to reach true happiness. He did everything to obtain that happiness. He fought for love as Georgianna tried.

For me the best part of the movie was when Georgianna told the Duke that she already made her mistake when she married him. This teaches us that she was intelligent and that she always knew the truth. However, the duke controlled everybody so she had to stay with him all her life, regretting her mistake every day.

This movie can make us think that nowadays we can be happy, we can fight for that happiness. We choose how to leave, with whom, why, etc, it’s our choice. We can leave with love and freedom at the same time. We can obtain that happiness that all the people want. The most important and valuable thing in life is to be free, to choose our destiny.