Actually the real reason her eyebrows change is because the pointed eyebrows she wears eariler were a sign of her work as a prositute. You will see it in other films of the ers and also other Fellini films. Saragina has them in both her appearances, Marcello paints them onto his mistress when they are role-playing before sex in 8 1/2 and, if I recall correctly, also appear on the women of a similar profession in Satyricon. I don't remeber if that particular symbol appears in Casanova, though I suppose if it did, given the attitude of the film towards Casanova (a representation of how Fellini felt about himself, his past and his future at the time) I think Casanova would have had to wear them as well.
Once Cabiria has the hope of a life outside prositution with the ever so dubious Oscar she no longer needs to wear that symbol of her station because her new role will that of wife and hopefully mother.
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