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can you help me please finding the ::Irony and Anti-climax ::in the movie
and thank you all
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I think that the anticlimax is the ending where the rape allegation turns out to be, as we all suspected, just attention seeking or an act of desperation. I got the feeling that when the allegation collapses we were not meant to think "Oh so it was all made up." which was rather obvious, but instead "Wow. They never carried it through to his unjust conviction and likely execution which would further underline the brutality of the British colonials."
I think the Irony is meant to be that the so-called British 'class' and sophistication looks rather hollow and ridiculous in the setting of the ancient and deeply spiritual India.
At least that's what I think. Don't quote me on it!
The anti-climax is that we never see what occurs in the cave, we never find out the truth. At the end of the film we STILL do not know if she was accosted in the cave. There are some indications that she was, but most are that she wasn't. Remember that he apologizes in the end, which could be that he sees things as his friend does, that she did — at long last — do the right thing, or it could mean that he did do something wrong in the cave and he is thanking her for forgiving him and dropping the charges.
Clues that he might have actually done it are that she admits on the stand that she might have given him cause, by talking about love and so forth, also his apology to her in the letter. Clues that he didn't are that he is dumbfounded by her accusations, there are no signs of a rape-attempt (her clothing is intact until she is torn by the cactus), his clothes are on and his tie isn't even loosened, and (unless he is psychotic) he is not a person who does such thing, and also the most important clue is that she recants. But does she, in fact she doesn't really recant, she actually questions her own memory or her own perceptions rather than actually saying none of it ever happened.
How it is all ironic could be seen many ways. First of all Mrs. Moore abandoned Aziz and she was supposed to be the "good" woman and beloved by Aziz. In fact it is Adela who is his (eventual) savior, and she is the "bad" woman. Another irony is the fact that the Indians believe in the English system of justice more than the English do, in that the English believe it can be manipulated to serve their desires, while the Indians believe in it's purity and that it will lead to justice. This is a stretch, but you can see where I'm going with that. The fact is that the vehicle that the English would be their weapon against the Indians was actually the savior of the Indians. Also, when Adela was willing to lie and manipulate English justice, the English embraced her, but when she told the truth and acted with honor, they abandoned her.
I'm headed for bed, but this is a good question and I'll add more later. It would be nice to see what others have to say as well. This story is multi-layered and about FAR more than just English-Indian issues. There is a WHOLE bunch to be said about the caves and also the religious and philosophical views of Godbhole. Anyway, good luck with your paper or test or whatever and let us know what YOU think.
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