Nolan himself agrees with this interpretation, but that probably won't put an end to the debate.Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) discovers a brutal truth while investigating the Ashecliffe Institute, learning that his real name is Andrew Laeddis and he's actually a patient at the hospital for the criminally insane. Glad to see it was worth the wait. These differences represent the different priorities the authors had in telling these stories. Her fortune lost in court and her disfigurement served as a truer punishment for her manipulations. Cecile deciding to become a nun due to the circumstances which lead her to feel like she needs to be forever cleansed, is a big decision to be made at such a tender age. Merteuil was a horrible person and used her smarts and power to do as she pleased to the people around her.

After hearing this, Leonard makes Teddy his new target, and viewers have been trying to figure out the truth ever since.During his exposition, Teddy shows Leonard a photograph of Leonard smiling, allegedly taken after he killed the original John G. This lends credence to Teddy's story, as Leonard always too photographs to help him remember things. The evil, distructive and conniving behavior of Marquise de Merteuil caught up with her. She fell from grace after being so prominent within her community. The story is originally told through a series of 175 fictional letters, exploring the depth and extent to which these aristocratic characters will go to to take revenge and seduce one another. The play had an entirely different ending. Anything more, such as her getting smallpox or going to trial would have been just as unnecessary as the last scene in Brokeback Mountain with Ennis having a conversation with his daughter.
The most difficult part of … There are also some men who can naturally sing in this range, called countertenors.What are the nuns doing to Marie de Tourvel when she is sick? Cecile is the daughter of Madame de Tourvel. She starts out as this very poised evil wicked witch and she ends as the same poised evil character. We learn how and why Danceny resolves to relocate in Malta, and how betrayed (yet still in love) he is with Cecile. Sometimes when evil people do evil things, they do not suffer the consequences. After reading the different short stories. I think that the play and novel expanded on many unique details that in turn made for a more drawn out plot development. Thus, when she was charged with such a tragic ending, I felt like it was justified in her case. The novel’s ending satisfied me the most on knowing that Marquise de Merteuil did not walk away freely but in fact ended up suffering the most and utterly alone.
Consider that the guillotine might be a reference to the upcoming French Revolution where most of the aristocracy will pay for their crimes. The story itself was very gruesome and chilling in telling how human beings can do such wretched things to one another simply out of boredom and status. I believe the director left this ending somewhat open for the audience to interpret so that that the audience can have the joy of choosing whichever ending satisfies them the most. Her reaction to his death is to tear her clothes and scream in her home, rampaging through her powder room. In all these works we can see that all of them got their own punishment.

Similarly, production plays a large role when it comes to almost any play: Les Liaisons is no different.

The ending of the play is also interesting in that there really is no repercussions for her actions. It’s no surprise then that there’s a lot to be said about De Laclos’ ending, seeing as the beginning and middle of the novel were so elaborate. As of the play by Christopher Hampton the ending to me was how I think it would have ended in a real life setting at that time there would have been an uproar for a while but then it would have settle down and return back to normal because she was that of a higher standard bloodline that was shown to the people as a respected family. All of her victims are either retreated to their respective corners…or are dead.