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The black and white striped shirt SPOILERS

posted 10 years ago by munroe-9
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The striped shirt looked very French to me. She had a western haircut, posters of Madonna, listened to English language music. She was a vampire who went out in her cloak. I was wondering about the symbolism there - so much western symbolism cloaked in the hijab like a pious Muslim woman.

There are so many possible interpretations of that - a western female vampire cloaked in pious garb who walks around preying on bad men..... On the one hand, it's a western ghoul preying on the Iranians....OTOH she is righteous, killing the men who arguably deserve it?

Did anyone else think about that?

[–] kmags84 10 years ago

Those thoughts went thru my brain. I was analyzing every scene(As I do with ANY film with a deeper meaning) and while I think there are multiple meanings. I feel like Woman Having The Power was the MAIN Theme. She chose her decisions on many occasions. She obviously had somewhat control over her being a Vampire. She was a human. She liked music, liked to dance, liked men... BUT, she was a Vampire too. I think her being so was just a way to relate with the times and tell the story they wanted to. Iranian women dont have much in the sense of personal freedoms. Her being a Vampire was what Held Her Back but also gave her the Power. Just my Pov after my initial viewing

[–] kmags84 10 years ago

And her cloak being all black but yet, you could sense that wasn't her "Human Choice" so to say... Idk if this makes sense lol

[–] jstover07 10 years ago

She was a fan of Madonna and one of Madonna's more notable looks involved a:

https://burglarstripes.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/madonna.jpg

[–] DevilYouKnow 8 years ago

Ooooh good eye!

http://werewolvesbeatingadeadhorse.blogspot.com/

[–] PoppyTransfusion 8 years ago

so much western symbolism cloaked in the hijab like a pious Muslim woman

Or such much of an individual woman hidden under a black cloak.

I'm scared of the middle place between light and nowhere