Marie Antoinette, the Analysis:

1. Plot:     

The movie tells the story of the young Marie Antoinette, the heir of Austria, that is engaged with the future king of France, the young Louis XVI. We will see how she has to get used to her new life, as well as how her marriage doesn't get consummated, all as the fault of the dauphin, that doesn't show any interest about her. A lot of time will pass, and even a romance with the Count Hans Axel von Fersen, until she gets the interest she wants. Unfortunately, the Revolution is about to come, to change the history of France, and her life, forever.

2. Why did she get married?;

Marie Antoinette had an arranged marriage with Louis XVI to insurance the political and demographic relation between Austria and France, that had been enemies for a long time. This union was ment to renew that relation, and make a better future for both of them.

3. Settings and their meanings:

The story mainly takes place in Paris, in different forests and backgrounds, but more specifically, mainly in the Palace of the King. All the settings tend to be huge, full of space and luxury, and usually overloaded. They make her look small, like an ant in an enormous ocean, at least from my point of view. She also starts to get accostumed to all those luxuries, and she becomes kind of posh, and addicted to overcosts. She spends a lot of money to maintain all those luxuries, and even to increase them.

4. The Marriage:

The marriage was a perfect example of a engaged marriage at first, where there was almost no interest or attraction between the couple, specially coming from the king, that almost ignored her desires to consummate it, and she felt that it was her fault. By the end of the movie, they both start to like each other more, and to accept themselves as a couple, consummating the marriage several times .

5. Louis XV and his family:

It was a rich and powerful family, obsessed with luxuries and traditions. They even made Marie disconnect herself from any possible link to her life as the archduchess of Austria. They were all used to their lives as important and luxurious people, and they all enjoyed that. The king even had the company of a official mistress, and he moved with her with no shame or guilt about that, fact that surprises Marie Antoinette.

6. Why it was important to have a heir?

The importance of having a heir was vital, because if not, there was no insurance between Marie and Louis, and also the terms of the relation between France and Austria could easily change. It was fundamental to have a baby.

7. Habits, relations, lifestyles:

The lifestyle was, as I have already said, luxurious and extravagant. People tended to spend a lot of money, and to waste a lot of food, clothing and money itself too. There were usually cold and false relationships between the families, full with gossip and false respect. There were many protocols, some of them really ridiculous established, and the were sacred. In my opinion, it was an extremely extravagant and stupid lifestyle, and in part, those examples led to a revolution of the people against the loyalty.

8.The Mistress:

She was a young woman compared to him, and her job was to satisfie the king in a sexual way. Due to this, the king gave her a title, as well as many luxuries and power, just like if she was from the nobility too. She really influenced him, because he wanted her to remain happy and motivated. Due to this, almost everyone disliked her, specially the other women, including Marie Antoinette, that thought that she was a “high class whore”, and that didn't deserve the power and rights she had.

9.Daily Routine:

The days and routines were always the same for Marie. She woke up in a ridiculous protocol, that involved everyone staring at her, and many reverences. She spent the day doing the same and exact things, which were bassicly trying on clothes and hairstyles, playing with her dogs, spending time with her friends, eating and drinking tea... In my opinion that lifestyle was kind of dull and boring, but she got accostumed to it, more or less, of course.

10. Food, clothing, alcohol:

The food, the clothes and the alcohol have an important role. They are the main entertainment of the nobility, and they are always extravagant and a complete waste of money. They eat, drink a buy a lot, while the rest of the people in the country suffers from hunger and die.

11. Entertainment:

The main ways of entertainment for the wealthy families were specially hunting, doing picnics outside, buying clothes, going to parties, drinking and eating a lot, and playing different games and gambling.

12. Mary Teresa:

Mary Teresa the 1^st was the mother of Marie Antoinette, and her main worry was that her daughter was giving signals of sexual interest or pregnancy. Instead of listening to the truth, she blamed Marie for not being attractive, and not awaking the sexual interest of the king. She made her feel guilty and blamed for something that wasn't her fault.

13. France's opinion:

They thought she was a posh woman, that only wanted wealthiness and power, and that thought that she was better that the king, and the french people in general. They also knew that she spent a lot of money, and that she didn't gave birth to a heir, so they blamed her for being doing that on purpose, to dare the king.

14. A good queen?

In my opinion, Marie Antoinette was not a good king. She didn't show interest in any of the problems of the country, at least, according to what is shown in the movie. She only cared about her clothes, her hobbies, and her desires. I think that the nobility deserved to be distroned, and expelled, but I would NEVER think that anyone could deserve the ending she had. At the end of the movie she tries to escape to Varennes, and the movie ends there. The real story tells that they were caught in Varennes, brought back, and murdered and decapitated. I think no one would ever deserve that ending, it doesn't matter which person are we talking about.

15. Reasons of the Revolution:

From the film one can easily see that the main reason that impulsed the people doing what they did was the general poorness and how the nobility wasted and throwed money away, while the people were starving and sick. The people decided to stop the situation, and get rid of the nobility. I don't think they did it in a correct way when killing almost every noble, though i have to admit, it would be difficult to blame their ideals.