Monday, January 14, 2008

Doctor Zhivago


Docter Zhivago
The story involves a married Russian docter Zhivago who falls in love wih a nurse whose name is Lara. She is married to political acivist during the Russian revoluion. But when the war began Lara foung she cannot compete wih her husban's passion for the revolution, and find love with Yuri instead, who also still loves his wife, and is torn between fidelity and passion. So Lara finally become Yuri's muse, inspiring him to write poetry. And as life become more difficult and hotter, they eventually throw their marriage vows out the window and have an affair, but they are definetly torn apart in the wake of the revolution.

And in the future time by the good doctor's brother, general Zhivago as he searches for the daughter of Yuri and Lara, involves the year just before, durind and after the revolution. It follows the life of docter Zhivago as he gets married to a devoted, high class lady, Tonya and they have and begin to raise a family. World war I and the Russian revolution cause not only strife and political troubles for Zhivago but play havoc with personal life. As he agonizes between fedility and passion, he is torn from both his wife and lover, Lara as he is pushed around and pressed into service by the demains of those in power. For, when new control life becomes more and more difficult as this new governing force makes more and more demands on him, threatening his individualism and humanistic ideals.






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