The Impact of Religion on Realistic Choices: A Separation

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200709.012How to use a DOI?

Keywords

religion, Iran, film, ethic, modernity

Abstract

After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran adopted the tradition again. However, with the development of the modernity, there were lots of problems in Iran, such as the status of women and inequality and poverty of the underclass. A Separation is a great film that reflects these problems. In this article, the reasons behind these problems, especially, the influence of religion on practical choices through analyzing the plots and the dialogue between the characters, are explored. The analysis is divided into three parts. First, the choices made by women from different social classes are discussed, such as whether to against the bondage of religious precepts or compliance. Second, the relationship between law and religious ethics is investigated, so as to explain the reasons behind the characters’ choices. Last, the inequality faced by the pious underclass and their oppression by the middle-class is analyzed. In this paper, the author thinks that some intellectual women choose against the bondage of religion, while the under-class women choose to be religious. In Iran, laws are based on religious precepts, both of them supplement each other, they established the standards of right and wrong of Iran. The author also argues that religion makes some pious people unable to carry out new changes and have to live a hard life.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jing Zhu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/09
TI  - The Impact of Religion on Realistic Choices: A Separation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 51
EP  - 53
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200709.012
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200709.012
ID  - Zhu2020
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