The hero whose real name was Arthur, grew up in Florence, a wealthy family, is the local seminary Dean Montan Neri and his mother's illegitimate child. Arthur attended the secret revolutionary organization, the young Italy party, and Montan Neri, who was a teacher, worried about it. At this time, Montan Neri will be promoted to bishop of Rome, Arthur said the organization's Secret in the new priest under the induction. Therefore, he and a number of comrades in the party were arrested and jailed. After his release, his childhood sweetheart girlfriend Qiongma gave him a slap in the face after the sad to leave, at the same time, Arthur learned the truth of their own life. In a double blow, Arthur is insane, smashed the cross and the gods left a note that. The nineteen year old Arthur smuggled into South America, where he fell really a hell on earth, spent thirteen years in a dog's life. Thirteen years later, he returned to Italy, he not only looks changed greatly, and has grown into a make the enemy afraid of bourgeois revolutionaries -- the gadfly. All the words to the sarcastic ridicule against the church, especially Montan Neri. But in an act, because suddenly appeared, Montan Neri's gadfly trance, therefore arrested. In prison, the Gadfly and Montan Neri had, when the Gadfly asked Montan Neri to choose between him and a God, Montan Neri chose god. Finally, the Gadfly was shot, Montan Neri is also due to rupture of aneurysm and sudden death of heart ".
This conflict, or the conflict of political beliefs, or the conflict between love and ideals, and because of these irreconcilable conflicts, the outbreak of a thrilling tragedy. Arthur grew up in the house by his half sister discrimination, when he entered the University of Pisa bin check, the priest is pizza Seminary Montan Neri often explain to him and his philosophy, and reading together, learning, their mutual trust and respect, profoundknowledge Arthur revered priest in Montaigne, his father as a mentor to a sincere heart to return Montaigne care.
Montan Neri is looking at his son's death, he had killed him, he is, between God and his son, decided to choose the false god of mercy, and give up yourself so poor and so need love son. As the great cardinal, choose God is behoove, Christ was crucified, he is destined to be compassionate, he is destined to accept all people to repent, and he can do, just accept it. He can't do anything for people. He can't save Montan Neri, but he can't save Arthur. But Montan Neri did not understand, he never understood, how unfair he was to treat his son, but he did not understand, he was confused by God, his heart only that empty god. The Gadfly died, who was also the entanglement, right and wrong in his suffering, he helpless, eventually, great cardinal or crazy, or die, die in pain and. God is not merciful, and God is not loyal to him because of his loyalty. He ended his life with such an ugly gesture. So, Montaigne, are you awake? When you must face the God of heaven or hell, he would say what, you still love God? Still cling to their belief? You will regret it, will. You change your son to God, so you'll never find your beloved son...... This is the inevitable clash, helpless fate, father and son, which was supposed to stand together with loved ones, but are fighting, between life and death, but no matter which side is the ending of sorrow is irreversible situation.
In the works around the conflicts, interspersed with a lot of small conflicts, such as between the Gadfly and his lover Chuma, it is with perplexing contradiction, Chuma thought he was an informer, a slap him from Italy to South America, how many years of suffering, he could finally down. And he returned to Italy, he met Chuma, they love each other, but not always. He died, and she cried, and he suffered all the time, and she was also suffering. And when she knew that he was still alive, she could be relieved, and that she could gradually forget his own mistakes, and he died again in front of her. In addition, there are political Gadfly and misunderstanding between Qiongma, love jealous, insert a Gypsy, Qiongma have another suitor for disappointment and so on. However, because of many contradictions, conflicts in this wave, all in the Gadfly's focus on, so this tragedy is more tragic, more easy to resonate, make people feel more real.