Synopsis: It tells the story of Beyle, a mixed-race girl who was adopted by an aristocratic family and influenced the abolition of slavery. The heroine, Belle, is the illegitimate daughter of a British naval colonel and a Caribbean slave, and was later adopted by her father's uncle, Lord Murray. Although she grew up in an aristocratic family, her dark complexion was a constant reminder of her origins. And she used her own strength to promote the abolition of slavery in Britain.
01 Deep and painful historical background
The historical events of the film "Belle" take place in 18th-century England. At that time, Britain was the center of colonial trade, and behind the rapid economic development was a tragic chapter in human history - the ugly black slave trade!
The 400-year European slave trade to Africa resulted in africa losing 100 million effective laborers during this period. As a result, Africa lost the development opportunities of the Industrial Revolution. In the film, it is played that the British slave owners put 300 black slaves in the bottom cabin of the cargo ship for the sake of profit and cost saving, and it was very crowded, so that they were infected with disease during the long-distance sea transportation stage; and because the infected slaves could not sell for a price, in the end, the slave owners directly tied the black slaves one by one and threw them into the sea! Since slaves had no rights, they did not receive any compensation. This not only reflects the racial contradictions between black slaves and white slave owners, but also reveals the bloody concept of exploitation in economics!
Jane Austen's tome Belle is a historically based novel that is as illuminating as his other household-name tome, Pride and Prejudice! At that time, England regarded wealth and status as more important than life, and in order to pursue wealth, everything became a commodity for trading, including love and marriage. As it turns out, this was wrong. Life is priceless, and the value of love is likewise not something that money can measure. Racial discrimination makes people unable to face their feelings, but to take care of the illusory external objects! The author can dissect all of these, explaining the progress of society and representing the progress of human civilization.
The history of slavery in Africa has indelible historical significance for Africa, and even has a profound impact on Africa to the present. Africans still have very mixed feelings about Europe and the United States: both love and hate. The past colonial history has caused Africans to feel inferior, but at the same time they also aspire to equal treatment, which may be why there is a continuous ethnic conflict in the developed countries of Europe and the United States until now! Thank you for reading, your friend Li Yan.
April 18, 2021
Orchid Zhai master Jia Xin
Yu Lan Xin Zhai
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