The Marchioness de Sade

In the play, Sade himself never appears and only exists in the dialogue of the six characters. The personalities of the characters are also very clear. Baroness Simeon represents "virtue", while Countess Saint-Fan represents "vice", and Madame Mentonio represents the world. Although the two characters representing good and evil are more dramatic, the center of the play is still the confrontation between the protagonists Rune and Madame Mentonio. Take the attitude towards Sade in the play as an example: Mrs. Mentonio believes that the notorious and imprisoned Sade is a disgrace to the family, while Sade's wife Rune is completely different. She sincerely waits for her husband who has been ostracized by society, and believes that this is the only way to express true love. However, when the revolution rages, social values ​​also change. After Sade was released from prison and was hailed as the standard-bearer of the new era, Madame Mentonio's attitude took a 180-degree turn. She became Sade's admirer and called Sade a devotee of France. Luye's attitude was completely opposite. Her husband's re-recognition by society means that her lonely love has lost its foundation. Not only that, she read a novel written by Sade in prison, which described the tragedy of a woman who insisted on virtue. Rune saw her own shadow in the work. Her lonely love collapsed from the foundation, and at the same time she realized that the half-life she had spent before