The Force of Such Beauty

“I was a machine that had been designed to move.”

Caroline is trapped in a gold cage while her body literally falls apart. Her injuries from being a runner never really healed. They just got hidden under expensive silk.

“The prince was not a man. He was a job.”

Living as a princess looks like a nightmare of schedules and restricted diets. She cannot even eat a piece of bread without permission. It made me feel claustrophobic.

Finnish athletes are trained to push past every limit. Caroline did that for her country and then for a man. She never did it for herself.

“I was a girl who had been turned into a symbol.”

The wedding felt like a funeral for her personality. Everyone treats her like a statue or a womb. It is chilling how fast she becomes a prop.