Originally posted by: coolfire
i agree with you broken heart. but it's quite confusing really.
my question is how do you compare the shattering of emotions/heart(which UD/prem did to Mukti) .... with shattering of your self-confidence/spiritual/entire being. (which Sharad did to Mutki)
Which is worse???
Well, you raise an excellent point. I don't know how to put this in words but I'll try without sounding cheesy or prudish... hopefully.
Sharad raped Mukti, she didn't "give" herself to him. I realize that sex for Indians -- especially traditional Indian girls -- is a taboo before marriage and is considered a very big deal. It's not like in the West where people are way more relaxed about sex, love, lust, premarital sex, etc. I am not saying Western women are sluts (I would be offended because I consider myself western) but certainly gals in college/high school certainly engage in sex, and sometimes are vocal about it.
In India, for a female to have sex before marriage is a BIG DEAL. In that sense, Mukti "gave" herself to Prem because there was so much love and even (idiotically) trust involved in her love. She was a fool to trust Prem. But Prem/UD should definitely have known about her feelings and her attitude, so why did he have sex with her other than to just hurt her when he knew he would "throw her away" later? He's a bigger bas***d because he broke her trust, heart and "izzat" in a sense. She took such a big step, according to the Indian mindset, but Prem mocked it and made fun of her about it later on... which was absolutely disgusting.
What I'm trying to say is, yes, she was a fool to trust a guy like Prem and it was mutually-wanted sex. BUT, he knew about her attitude, so why did he go with the flow that night other than to hurt her, and why keep saying he doesn't wanna hurt her if that is his real intention?
Sharad might have broken her spirit by violating her body. I think UD broke her spirit by shattering her love, by making a mockery of their night together, by calling her cheap, by laughing at her emotions, and by breaking her trust.