HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Chador
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For shahrnush, who is iranian, her particular fear, her return to iran, is the root of the problems that are dominant in the film. How she represents iran is shown by the fear and the way she depicted iran. Its problematic is munis"s suicide, in the novela she doesn"t die but in the movie she comes back to life. The way she is depicted as someone who is being tied down by her traditional brother, she is glorifying suicide as if it is the only way for release, which is not the case in the novela. The film raises the problem of agency of women, while in the novela she is shown to be the true agent of her religion and goes on self discovery journey. She cleanses herself in the public bath, and becomes one with nature, and she has found herself. The city is a place of turmoil, while the garden is depicted as a place of refuge.
