Debinthedez

Debinthedez t1_j299gyg wrote

Reply to comment by Trala_la_la in Atonement... yikes by dietpepsiforlife

Oh yes, she was definitely jealous. She was of course very young but at that age love, especially unrequited love if you like can be very powerful even when you’re very very young. I guess you would say now that she had a total crush on Robbie. And yes when her sister was with him and she saw them together, well that set off that chain of events didn’t it. Just tragic

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Debinthedez t1_j2991fx wrote

Reply to comment by GregoPDX in Atonement... yikes by dietpepsiforlife

She had every opportunity to correct what she did because she lied, that’s the whole point of why people get upset because she had an opportunity as an adult to do something about it and she chose not to. That’s why she makes her speech at the end you know she knows that it’s her fault that all that crap happened and that’s her trying to get you know atonement but it’s never going to come for her. She’s literally trapped in that time, even having the same hair she never even changed her hair, because she can’t move on, she can’t get away from that time, it’s just tragic. I know what you’re saying about her age and I don’t mean that she had to say something when she was much younger but she could’ve said something afterwards, she could’ve done but she chose not to. Until the book. By then it was of course too late

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Debinthedez t1_j24ct1a wrote

Yes but you can blame her for not rectifying the mistake as she got a little bit older, that’s the point. She had plenty of time to say something as she became a young woman and matured. . But she didn’t.

It’s just such a tragic movie, and the ending always gets me. The first time I saw it I had no idea, I went with my friend who had read the book so she knew so when you suddenly cut to Redgrave making that speech at the end I looked at my friend and went why didn’t you tell me, she said I didn’t want to spoil it. What a gut punch.

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