She thinks it isn’t of any real importance.
However, Amy (Florence Pugh) puts it perfectly.
However,each sister learns and grows as they journey from being a teen to a woman.
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Their lives paint a meaningful picture of what women faced in the 19th century.
Aunt March advises her to stay until she and Fred Vaughn (Dash Barber) get engaged.
Amy has always loved Laurie, so she invites him to a New Year’s party.
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
However, he embarrasses her by arriving drunk.Amy is used to not getting her way.
In 1861, she was left behind when her sisters Meg and Jo attended a party.
When Jo and Laurie go ice skating, Amy follows to apologize again and nearly dies.
In Paris, Laurie appears at Amy’s studio to apologize for his behavior at the party.
While scolding him, she claims she’s a failed painter.
Eventually, the pair fall in love, and Amy turns down Fred.
They get married on the way home following Beth’s death.
Amy is so set on her desires and aspirations that she often forgets what’s important in life.
However, it’s no wonder Amy has selfish tendencies.
She always competes with Jo, who has always noticed her faults.
It’s made her desperately want to be better than her sister and be great “or nothing.”
Jo’s pushing her aside makes her lash out, too.
Does she even deserve Laurie?
Maybe being his second choice serves her right.
On top of being selfish, Amy is materialistic, dramatic, jealous, and often immature.
Still, Sally pressures Meg to buy the silk.
In 1861, Meg is in her element, getting ready for the holiday party with Jo.
At Christmas, she wishes for wealth.
In 1862, Meg goes to Boston for a debutante ball but feels self-conscious in her plain dress.
A friend loans her a better one for the ball and dubs her “Daisy.
In the present, Meg apologizes to John for purchasing the silk.
She couldn’t resist, tired of being poor.
As Beth grows weaker, Meg and John make up and support each other.
Like Amy, Meg is insecure and materialistic, but at least she’s conscious of her faults.
Instead, she lets all of that go and marries him.
Still, once they are married, the rose-colored glasses fall off sometimes.
She knows buying silk is terrible, but she can’t help wanting to have nice things.
These two sides of her are often warring against each other.
In the present, Jo ruins her friendship with Friedrich after he gives his honest opinion about her work.
She leaves New York once Beth’s health declines.
In the past, she and Laurie get closer, despite Amy’s jealousy.
In 1869, Jo nurses Beth as she helped her the first time she got sick.
Unfortunately, Jo fails, and Beth dies.
In 1865,Jo loses out on going to Europe with Aunt March.
Later, she loses Laurie after she refuses his proposal.
After Beth’s death, Jo is lonely and doubts her refusal, but she’s too late.
Laurie and Amy are married.
After Aunt March dies, Jo thinks of turning her estate into a school.
Then, Friedrich makes a surprise visit, and Amy urges Jo to make a move.
However, she doesn’t marry Friedrich.
Instead, she becomes who she’s always wanted to be: a successful author.
Ambition and views also blind her.
Jo is even more complicated than her sisters.
She’s always been a rebel, wholeheartedly resisting society’s expectations of her.
It makes bonding with Laurie, another outsider who questions societal norms, easy.
She nurses Beth whenever she’s sick.
Jo’s relationship with Amy teaches her many things, including not holding a grudge.
She could’ve lost a sister to her anger.
Meanwhile, Jo’s selling of stories isn’t exactly selfless, either.
She gives her earnings to her family freely but cares more about becoming a great author.
She wants it so much she can’t take criticism.
Ambition and views also blind her.
These sentiments eventually make her feel lonely.
She almost marries for the wrong reasons: not to feel alone anymore.
Ultimately, she finds her true self and is happier than ever.
As a girl in 1861, her input in conversations with her sisters went mostly unheard or put down.
While her sisters wish for money and success, she wishes for the family to reunite.
In gratitude for letting her play, Beth makes Mr. Laurence slippers.
The Hummels have scarlet fever and she’s contracted it.
Beth recovers from the first bout, but it continues to return.
In the present,at the beach with Jo, Beth says she’s not afraid of dying.
Despite Jo doing everything she can to nurse her back to health, Beth dies.
As Amy says, Beth is truly the best of the March sisters.
Amy complains about her nose, and Beth compliments her.
She doesn’t even play piano for self-serving reasons.
She gives him some happiness back in their friendship.
Beth even deals with dying gracefully and still doesn’t think of herself.
She cares more about Jo continuing her writing than dying.
She comes to terms with it wisely.
Ultimately, Beth’s death teaches each of her sisters a lesson.
Care for others and be grateful for what you have, among other things.
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