There are no heroes in The Favourite

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2019)

You relish something. You don't relish in something. Abigail didn't kill the rabbit. Abigail didn't appear to be bad at first. She appeared to be a victim. Her badness and manipulative nature was revealed gradually. The way I saw the end was that Rachel's character, Sarah, had used Queen Anne for her own political purposes but she still had feelings for Anne, maybe even love. Abigail had no real feelings for Anne, or political agenda but just wanted to elevate her position through being Anne's favourite. So at the end, after Abigail has won out over Sarah, we see Anne and Abigail stuck in the rather bleak relationship. Anne as a lonely Queen using Abigail for sexual gratification without real feelings for her, and Abigail discontented but stuck in that role with no real feelings for Anne.