Set in the Regency period of the London aristocracy in the 1800s, “Bridgerton” has become a trademark of the romantic genre, and has gradually become more popular than ever after each season. Four love stories with different beginnings have made the audience unable to take their eyes off. It turns out that love in the past was also much like love today – diverse and many times, the heart “reigned” instead of reason. If you are watching this series, which couple is the “OPT” (“one true pairing” – “perfect couple”) in your eyes? Entering the world of “Bridgerton”, viewers are like walking in a fairy tale with majestic castles, magnificent palaces, and hundreds of brilliant costumes of the British aristocracy. In that splendid setting, love stories are opened with many romantic and passionate qualities intertwined with profound lessons about trust, acceptance and tolerance in love. Although the plot is based on many feudal prejudices, the love stories of the four couples still bring a lot of sympathy to modern audiences.
Part 1 of “Bridgerton” – a successful and explosive debut, brings to the audience the pure, captivating and passionate love between Duke Simon and Miss Daphne Bridgerton. If Daphne is a jade girl – “a flawless diamond” according to the queen, wanting to find a worthy husband, on the contrary, noble Simon does not want to be bound by marriage. The talented couple initially came together without love, but only for personal interests. She wanted to increase her value in the “marriage market”, while he only wanted to avoid the prying eyes who wanted to get married. But through each contact, both could not suppress the burning desire for love in their hearts, and longed to be in harmony.
The story gradually unfolds when Simon is hurt by the influence of his family in the past. He is immersed in that pain until Daphne appears to warm him up, trying to understand and soothe them. She is gentle, polite but full of dreams about true love. The love between Simon and Daphne is not love at first sight. On the contrary, they go through enough struggles and suffering before deciding that they cannot live without each other. The elegance in every gesture, the nobility in the character of the old upper class, is decorated with boldness and passion, making the film poetic and tinged with fairy tales.
If the love between Simon and Daphne is pure and intense like first love, then the main couple in season 2, Kate Sharma and Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, contain maturity and maturity. Both are the eldest children, so they have to take care of the family, and cannot be selfish. Anthony, the eldest son of the Bridgerton family, had to give up the love of his life because he knew that their statuses were not compatible. He was forced to find a suitable Viscountess. His initial target was Edwina Sharma, the most beautiful girl at that year’s festival.
However, Anthony’s plan did not go as planned when Kate always tried to prevent him from pursuing her sister, Edwina. The reason was because he was famous for being a womanizer and clearly did not value love. They gradually became “enemies”, always looking for ways to confront and annoy the other person. However, while trying to please Edwina, Anthony gradually fell for Kate, leading to a love affair full of twists and turns at first.
The prejudices about class and the benefits surrounding the family marriage made it impossible for them to live true to their feelings. Two people with many responsibilities on their shoulders made the dream of a “like-minded” marriage become a luxury. Even though he knew he was attracted to Kate, the Viscount was still determined to marry Edwina for a long time. But in the end, when everyone around them clearly realized their feelings, the couple finally admitted their feelings to each other.
If there is a love model that is most unfamiliar to viewers in “Bridgerton”, it is certainly the love between Queen Charlotte and King George III. At the age of 17, Miss Charlotte was forced to leave her homeland in Germany to marry King George of faraway England. Is there any chance of a lasting love in a completely arranged marriage, without choice or prior understanding?
Queen Charlotte and King George wrote together to affirm the above question. Although initially having no choice, Charlotte gave up the idea of running away after meeting the gentle and generous King George. Charlotte also firmly believed and resolved every time the two had misunderstandings and conflicts. She voluntarily stayed by the side of the man she loved even when George suffered from a terrible mental illness that made him forget who he was.
On the other hand, King George always gave the most sincere compliments to his partner. When he contracted a rare disease, he decided to leave the palace for fear of Charlotte’s suffering, and gave her a dog to keep her company. Even when he was no longer sane and forgot himself, George still did not forget the love of his life.
Is there a true friendship between the opposite sex? Penelope Fetherington secretly had a crush on Colin Bridgerton, but because of her own insecurities, she suppressed her feelings and kept their relationship at the level of close friends. But then Penelope accidentally discovered that Colin cruelly declared to his friend that he would never pursue her, along with hurtful jokes. Therefore, Penelope realized that it was time to find a loving husband, so that she could escape her family and freely do what she wanted.
Meanwhile, Colin returned from a long trip and suddenly realized that the girl who always flattered him had become distant. He tried every way to get closer to her, and promised to help her get married as she wished. With Colin’s help, Penelope transforms and shines. Gradually, he realizes that he has fallen in love with the girl that just a short time ago, he never thought he could be with. However, can Penelope easily trust Colin again? While he has brought her a lot of pain and brokenness.
