Themes: Love and Passion Flashcards
(4 cards)
Love and Passion
“Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have. Do you understand?” - Nana, Chapter 3
AO1 - Short, declarative sentences and rhetorical questions
AO2 - Nana’s desperation to pass down her advice to the sheltered Mariam displays her love for her, even if it is displayed in strange ways (Short declarative sentences show the lack of agency Nana has as a woman in Afghanistan)
AO3 - Women’s rights in Afghanistan are non-existed, especially after events such as the Taliban’s invasion
AO4 - Relationship between Catherine and Nelly Dean (A positive maternal bond between both Catherines and Nelly Dean despite not being their actual mother: Nana tries to formulate a bond with Mariam but it is unsuccessful because of her preference for Jalil)
Love and Passion
“Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men, maybe even more.” - Babi, Chapter 16
AO1 - Paternal Love
AO2 - Displays Babi’s hopes in Laila and his dedication in educating her
AO3 - Women’s Place in Afghanistan: women are supposed to be docile and subbmissive. Women’s education rights and freedoms have fluxuated over history. The invasions of the Mujahideen and the Taliban imposed heavy restrictions on people’s lifestyles which mostly impacted women’s rights.
AO4 - Both Edgar and Babi promote education for their daughters despite critisism they face and the societal emasculation this creates.
Love and Passion
“A part of Tariq still alive inside her, sprouting tiny arms, growing translucent hands. How could she jeopardize the only thing she had left of him, of her old life?” - Lailia, Chapter 30
AO1 - Metaphor
AO2 - The baby growing inside of Laila serves as a metaphor for her love and loyalty she feels towards Tariq
AO4 - Tariq looming around Laila after his “death” much like how Catherine Earnshaw haunts Heathcliff + Cathy & Hareton share the same innocent love to that of Laila & Tariq. When everything else can go wrong to separate them, their love ‘with-stands’ it all.
Love and Passion
“when she [Aziza] did that, Mariam swooned. […] this little creature the first true connection in her life of false, failed connections.” - Mariam, Chapter 35
AO1 - manipulation of the phonetic form through fricatives
AO2 - Fricatives are a somewhat random noise caused by the turbulent airflow, connoting the unexpectedness of this connection between woman and child (Mariam’s love for Aziza is her saving grace, because it gives a purpose which inevitably gives her the strength and ability to carry on through her suffering).
AO4 - Edgar’s love for Catherine Earnshaw shows that familiar, innocent love is stronger than passion. However, Catherine shows how ‘fickle’ people can be about love, as she marries for status which she then has to sacrifice the love she carries for Heathcliff.
