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Better Living Conditions In Asghar Farhadi's A Separation

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fighting for better living conditions is a significant objective for characters in Asghar Farhadi's A Separation, however it is worth considering that other elements such as deception and class disparity should not be suppressed.

Through the characters of A Separation, Asghar Farhadi aims to represent the extreme distress that Persian citizens are under from the repressive regime of Iran. Asghar farhadi demonstrates how the political conflict occurring in Iran forces individuals to strive for better living circumstances. The urgency to live better leads to people making reckless deceiving actions to accomplish their objectives whilst ironically holding a prejudice against those in a lower social class.

To start with, Farhadi explores the …show more content…

Hodjat is created to express the unfair discrimination of poorer individuals in Iran. He isn't taken seriously by the judge in court as he expresses " my problem is that I cant speak like them" this statement depicts hodjats humiliation and frustration for the political conditions. Farhadi has demonstrated that in modern-day Iran, those in lower-class are always unacknowledged of their request and are unfairly judged leading to their rights taken away from them due to society's prejudice. farhadi has used cheaper and simplistic costuming for Hodjat versus Nader who is presented in a minimalistic yet chic manner . Farhadi directs Hodjat to act in a loud and aggressive manner due to feeling ignored and unheard furthermore enhancing the social barrier between the two. This highlights the lenient behavior towards the wealthy versus the poor . Farhadi does this to showcase that the difference in peoples social class in Iran will affect the treatment and respect applied to them. Furthermore the theme of class disparity is explored when looking at the tense annoyed expression on the judge's face when he is conversating with Hodjat and looking at the much more relaxed and calm manner when he is dealing with Nader's claims. Asghar Farhadi has expressed that the Iranian political regime will inevitably believe wealthier people who have made a name for themself over lower- class people who are in a constant struggle for

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