HUMA 1846 Quiz: Film Study- Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
25 Dec 2015
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Set in modern 21st century; based on the past of india. Terror, war, fire, riots, killing sprees makes headlines in the news. Meenakshi is heading home with her son after visiting her parents. Meenakshi iyer is a brahmin; she follows old customs and traditions: meenakshi follows customs and is modest (however towards the end she breaks bottle) some rules) When meenakshi is questioned if her baby was a son or daughter, she was proud to say son. Meenakshi scolds her son when he takes the ladies yarn ball; significance- shows that they are of a higher caste that have standards set in place: the child is 1 and couldn"t know better. Water is important (orthodox hindus don"t drink water directly from the. Meenakshi"s son is named after a tamil god (orthodox) Bus runs into a closed road and takes a different route. Different religions are riding and killing other religions.
