Woman’s Life — Why Marriage is Important Or May be Not!
My thoughts after watching Netflix Show — Bridgerton
“Il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir” — It is better to prevent than to heal. — French Proverb
Honestly, I didn’t plan to watch this show until my friends strongly suggested that I watch it. They liked the show’s theme, colorful-bright dresses, big mansions, and of course chemistry and steamy romance between lead characters — Daphne and Simon.
Bridgerton show is enjoyable, no doubt in that but the important thing to acknowledge is that Daphne and Simon’s relationship is not the example of love or marriage that we should follow or aspire to be. Their relationship is utterly toxic.
I like the romantic genre, period drama, but somehow this show seems a bit shallow with over-the-top fantasies.
Just to give a background, Bridgerton is an adaptation of the eight-book series Regency romance novels by Julia Quinn and based on the first book — The Duke and I. It takes place in the early part of the 19th century.
There have been many books, articles written for centuries where the only purpose of women is to find a suitable husband and to get married. Some of those books and even movies worked for me because there was a deftness and they are true to…
