Well, I just was watching sense and sensibility. I bought it yesterday. Now I have this movie twice... but this interpretation is better.
When Edward falls in love with Elinor, but can't say anything, cause he's already engaged to Lucy Steele, he goes chopping wood. And Elinor? I wonderd... it seems to be so unfair. She has to
suffer so much and there is no wood she could chop... but then I found out! She is kneading pastry..
Unfortunatly here is neither wood nor an oven...
My friends want all some help in matters of love...
If you give somebody an advise... you advise you self too.
So here are my observations:
--> You can not attract attentions without work. Just being beautifull and charming is not enough.
One has to give some signs to show that one is still to have.
--> One can not search a love like noodlesoup in the supermarket. You can't chose with your mind and a list of attributes. One has to listen to ones heart.
--> And if you want to listen to your heart, you have to open it, even if that means that your heart can be hurt.
There might be a way to love, without hurting your heart.
I found this out long ago, but I wasn't certain if it is just my ideal and an impossible fancy. But there's a german philosopher who had the same idea... so maybe it could work.
This philosopher wrote: "Vielleicht ist dies der höchste Grad von Liebe, zu lieben ohne zu besitzen."
In english it means: "Maybe this is the hightest grade of love, to love without to posses."
I think if you achive this grade, you could love without breaking your heart... but it seems terrible hart!
It is my ideal that if your love is just big enough, you will want that your beloved is happy, and if you're not the person who could make this person happy, you can give him/her up freeliy.
But to be honest... I think I was never tempted enough to prove this ideal.