Complex sentence: Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an affluent lawyer in 1870s New York, engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder), a beautiful but conventional socialite.
Split into simpler sentences: Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an affluent lawyer in 1870s New York. He is engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder), a beautiful but conventional socialite.