“Three Colors: White” “Equality of love” depicted in a transition between tragedy and comedy

Tragedy/Comedy transformation: A wild revenge drama

Of course, the "fate" in this work cannot be seen only in its "relationship" with the trilogy. It can also be seen in the story of "White Love" itself. For example, Carol sneaks into the trunk and returns to his hometown as a "stowaway", but the trunk is seized by robbers on the way. Despite this horrible experience, he somehow manages to return home and make a comeback as a businessman. Eventually, he gets revenge on Dominique by faking his own death - even this revenge is carried out in an "unexpected" way. The path that Carol follows (= the storyline) is absurd yet fateful. It is so dramatic that it could even be made into a rakugo story as a "comedic tale".

Meanwhile, " Blue Love " depicts the heroine Julie's "sudden loss and subsequent recovery" in a fateful way. This is, so to speak, a transition from tragedy to comedy. "Comedy" does not necessarily require "laughter." Comedy is the counterpart of "tragedy," and is not just something that makes the audience feel happy and joyful. It is not at all strange to see people laughing and crying at the same time in the theater.

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However, the "comedy" in "White Love" has a strong aspect of "comedy" that makes the audience laugh. Carol, who is extremely unlucky, is a perfect embodiment of this, as is the absurd story he follows. However, at the same time, the image of a man who is unilaterally abandoned by his wife may seem tragic, and the end result of his revenge on the wife he supposedly loves may also be called "tragedy." Tragedy and comedy always unfold back to back in this work. The swirling love and hate may be called a "tragedy-comedy" like William Shakespeare's works. "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," and "Macbeth" can all be called comedies if you change the angle you look at them from, and even "A Midsummer Night's Dream" can be a tragedy depending on how you look at it.

The question “Is there equality in love?”