Their love is tormented by the fact he is ashamed of actually loving, and all of his skeletons come out to haunt him. Viconte brings down the Marquis, but fights Dawsoni because of Cecil's honor. He purposely lets Dawsoni kill him, in order to tell the sick and dying Madam de Tourvel that he'd rather die than to not have her love. The message is all but too late, as Madam de Tourvel also dies; and the Marquis is left with nothing. In Cruel Intentions, the theme and plot are one of the same. Deceit, love, and lies all play a major role. A affluent, handsome young man Sebastian Valmont and his conniving step sister Katherine have wanted one another for a long time, but for some reason they have not closed on their lust. Katherine needs Sebastian's help in ruining a silly twit Cecil; because she is going after Katherine's ex-boyfriend. Sebastian refuses the challenge, saying it was too easy. Bored with all of the (as Sebastian calls them) "Manhattan debutantes" he sets his sights on Annette Hardgrove, the new head masters daughter at Sebastian and Katherine's school. Full of jealousy Katherine proposes a bet to Sebastian, that if he scores with Annette than she will agree to have sex with him. If Sebastian loses, and does not "conquer" Annette than Katherine gets Sebastian's cute little sports car. At first it seems that Sebastian has no chance, but through a series of lies and manipulations, he softens Annette's reserve. Meanwhile, to aid to Katherine's initial cause, she hooks Cecil up with a black music teacher named Ronald. He becomes involved in their messed up triangle. Sebastian is overcome by Annette and actually falls in love, writing everything in his life in his journal. For selfish reasons, Sebastian eventually does sleep with Cecil, causing the final conflict. Katherine never set out to actually win Sebastian, she just wanted to see his conquest to fight love away. When he breaks things off with Annette, Kath...
