WOMEN‚ SEXUALITY AND INDIAN CINEMA By Shoma A. Chatterji WORD-COUNT: 1900 Recent films like Tauba Tauba‚ Murder‚ Julie and Jism have focussed on something not explored before in mainstream cinema - the sexuality of the Indian woman. Though this has given the director and producer ample scope for exploring the anatomy of the woman in a hundred different ways to lure the box office‚ the one positive spin-off of these films is that they have uncovered the sexual desires of the Indian woman
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Philemon’s character changes throughout the story. Can Themba takes us on a journey to see why he transforms. At first Philemon is a devoted husband. And then as a hard working man and a fine friend. The news of his wife’s adultery makes him become a detached‚ controlling and rancorous husband. He turns into a cruel man‚ taking pleasure in humiliating his wife. Philemon’s actions cause his own remorse and pain. We note that the language in the story and Philemon’s actions are related to religion
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he doesn’t know that Hester gets pregnant while he was in England. He gets to Massachusetts after escaping from the Native Americans. Hester has to stand everyday for three hours in a scaffold to pay her sin for committing adultery and wears a Scarlet "A"that stands for Adultery. Thats when she sees somebody
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The weird ethical hazard to Hester in her loneliness was that it gave her moreover small chance for demonstrative interaction with other people. Hawthorne forced the readers to ponder that how a woman committing adultery is a major offence in a hypocritical society. Hawthorne symbolized Hester as an agent and a rebel who violates laws as Tony Tanner offered a likely justification by saying that: “the adulteress represents a violation of social contract and the harmonic interrelation of clearly defined
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Hester can atone for her sin of adultery‚ but every day that she keeps the secret of her lover‚ and the true identity of Rodger Chillingworth a secret she is committing a sin. If Hester would have “Take heeds how thou deniest to him---who‚ perchance‚ hath not the courage to grasp it for
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Thou shalt not commit adultery. It is one of the simplest rules of the Ten Commandments. Love and be loved by only one man or one woman. If one breaks this commandment‚ they are condemned a sinner. Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” commits such a sin‚ and in her doing‚ is punished harshly by the community. But when taking into account the situation‚ is her punishment just? Could Hester’s punishment be considered too severe‚ or are the perceptions of society on adultery too flexible? The 1600’s
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a villain anymore‚ they are seen as a hero. That is what happens with the audiences’ perception of John Proctor through the course of The Crucible. It is no easy-going experience for Proctor as he has to go through the consequences of committing adultery against his wife Elizabeth. Here‚ the audience‚ especially women‚ fell a strong disliking towards Proctor. However‚ the strong disliking goes
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There is undoubtedly a long-term impact that the affair will cause for both Hester and Pearl. One of the biggest arguments is that Hester is undeserving of her daughter for the fact that Pearl is an innocent girl who is fit for better parents. Whereas if she isn’t a normal human child‚ as some claim‚ Pearl isn’t deserving of a mother like Hester. Some may also say that Hester is undeserving of a child as well because she shouldn’t be blessed with such a great gift‚ the gift of a daughter. Some of
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"The use of the Marriage Bed is founded in mans Nature‚" it is to be used as all other early pleasures and never neglected‚ (Morgan‚ Edmund‚ THE PURITANS AND SEX.) At an early age Americans are taught that settlers from the past viewed intercourse as a an act only meant for married couples who wished to gain offspring‚ yet religious groups like the Puritans viewed it quite differently. The puritans are depicted as pure‚ unable to take on the dance of copulation because it was a sinful earthly temptation
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when he confessed his secret because he has known him for so long that he knows Proctor was being honest. Another example of how he plays as a tragic hero is by having a secret flaw that is not perfect. His unfortunate flaw was that he had committed adultery with Abigail. He breaks one of the commandments that they needed follow. As a result‚ by him being of noble stature and having a secret flaw makes him qualify for the elements of a tragic hero. This secret tragic flaw within himself makes him fall
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