“Oh, who can hold a man for long? He’s on the very crest of the wave of his desire, I can hold him there; but at the end of it, the wave has to break. No one stays in love forever.”
Anne Boleyn affirms love is not eternal and there is the reason in its intention. At first, it may seem that the novel is full of love lines. However, after a time, readers can clearly see that love does not exist here. Henry allegedly loves one sister, but his heart is partial to Anne. The king is tired of Mary and he decides to feel desire together with Anne. It is not a real feeling of love. The passion, which arises between Henry and two sisters, is just an opportunity for Henry to have an heir. For relatives of Anne and Mary it is money and status. What is a benefit for girls? In the upshot they get only broken hearts. These relationships really prove that no one stays in love forever, but it is not the message intended, what is hidden behind is that love does not bear insincerity, it may last forever, but only for those who sink into it without any personal interest or profit. Love is a very strong feeling that does not appear in life immediately. Many years may pass, but love cannot appear, because people are very different or it is just affection.
“She’s the most precious thing in the world. Much more important to me than anything else.”
Mary really thinks that kids are of the major importance. Despite the fact that she gave birth to a daughter (Henry does not have sons, but he needs a heir), Mary loves her with whole her heart. When her daughter cries, it is like a knife cutting her. It is a marvelous time to see children grow. Mary thinks only about her daughter's happiness and health, because there is nothing more important than her. The author tries to emphasize that maternal love has no bounderies and limits, it is the only pure feeling, pure love that exists in the world. Children are the most sincere and honest creatures in the world. They have amazing, incomprehensive fantasies with a wonderful sense of humor and different thoughts. Children fill the world with bright colors, which adults cannot perceive.
“Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eye, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be French.”
Women are supposed to have beauty, intelligence, harmony, and grace. But the best talent is to keep feelings, which can be easily reproduced through a smile. A smile of happiness, gratitude, joy, love, mad, sadness and grief can be noticed in a woman from the first sight. But Anne wants something more. She desires to be beautiful, smart and at the same time look like a real Frenchwoman. Frenchwomen are thought to have many only positive features. In result, the king has found Anne's uniqueness, which attracts him. A woman should be a mystery, but never reveal the secret of her unique behavior and appearance.
“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman”
This world is ruled by men, strong, confident and self-sufficient, but women are much stronger. Men can pretend when it concern politics, business and there profit, but when it comes to love and feeling they are weak, they have no power to disguise what is in their hears, they have no power to hide their feelings. Women are complete opposite, they masterfully can pretend happy when their hearts cry. The queen is a very unhappy woman, she is forced to live without love and tenderness from the king, and she cannot fight with all the infidelities, she is even forced to be polite with her husband’s mistresses. And one of these, and it is Anna, advises her to smile in any case, even when her heart is broken and she wants to cry. A smile is women’s weapon that can both make happy and hurt.
