ending with the music box
Do you think Bathsheba really loved Gabriel, or wanted the security of a married relationship? The music box ending sort of has me wondering...
shareShe loved and respected Oak, but she wasn't desperately in love with him the way she was with Troy. Her first marriage was an ill-judged folly in which she longed for Troy and he was bored with her and longed for Fanny. The music box refers to the glamour and shallowness of her first marriage, IMO, and puts it in its place.
shareThe final scene freezing on the soldier in the music box is an ironic commentary on the fact that despite being married to Gabriel, Troy remains in Bathsheba's thoughts.
shareThe final scene freezing on the soldier in the music box is an ironic commentary on the fact that despite being married to Gabriel, Troy remains in Bathsheba's thoughts.
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Well, she was tending his grave and must have been responsible for the inscription, not to mention indirectly responsible for his death as he was killed in her defense even though she did not wish it.
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