Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain, with the themes of homosexual, struggle between conformity and freedom, truelove and so on, is a film that makes people cry and think. In the following passage, I will mainly focus on two themes：One is the truelove between these two cowboys; the other is their struggle between conformity and freedom due to the rejections of society about homosexual.
Firstly, I would like to talk about how the theme ‘truelove’ is evidenced in the film. Ang lee used the conversation between these two cowboys to show the deep love in their heart towards each other, such as Jack's plaintive cry to Ennis "I wish I knew how to quit you!" and Jack’s words ‘sometimes I miss you so much that I can hardly stand it’. Moreover, the last line ‘I swear’ also demonstrates the regret of Ennis for not treasuring Jack and that he will treat their relationship as eternal love. Apart from the dialogue, the director also used some scenes to represent this theme. For example, when Ennis received Jack’s postcard after many years, he was so excited that he rushed to the post office and wrote in reply. In addition, Ennis asked for a day-off and waited beside the window on the day which Jack came. The most impressing one may be the shirt. Ennis used to think that his shirt was lost. When he discovered the two shirts in Jack’ home, the love and self-loathing inherent in his mind and the kiss became a typical generic symbol of romance and longing.
Nevertheless, no matter how strong the attraction the societal proscription delivered their love out of bounds. (Brummett 207) Even in the last scene those two shirts were hanging inside the closet, which means their love cannot go outside. Altogether, forbidden of the society lead to another theme of the film—struggle.
We can perceive their multi-decade relationship as an attachment that penetrates their hearts and souls, but I prefer considering these years as a process of their struggle. Since Ennis was forced by his father to see the
Firstly, I would like to talk about how the theme ‘truelove’ is evidenced in the film. Ang lee used the conversation between these two cowboys to show the deep love in their heart towards each other, such as Jack's plaintive cry to Ennis "I wish I knew how to quit you!" and Jack’s words ‘sometimes I miss you so much that I can hardly stand it’. Moreover, the last line ‘I swear’ also demonstrates the regret of Ennis for not treasuring Jack and that he will treat their relationship as eternal love. Apart from the dialogue, the director also used some scenes to represent this theme. For example, when Ennis received Jack’s postcard after many years, he was so excited that he rushed to the post office and wrote in reply. In addition, Ennis asked for a day-off and waited beside the window on the day which Jack came. The most impressing one may be the shirt. Ennis used to think that his shirt was lost. When he discovered the two shirts in Jack’ home, the love and self-loathing inherent in his mind and the kiss became a typical generic symbol of romance and longing.
Nevertheless, no matter how strong the attraction the societal proscription delivered their love out of bounds. (Brummett 207) Even in the last scene those two shirts were hanging inside the closet, which means their love cannot go outside. Altogether, forbidden of the society lead to another theme of the film—struggle.
We can perceive their multi-decade relationship as an attachment that penetrates their hearts and souls, but I prefer considering these years as a process of their struggle. Since Ennis was forced by his father to see the