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Parallelism is used in literature to convey messages. Antithesis is a kind of parallelism in which two opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures.
One of my favorite lines from A tale of two cities by Charles Dickens
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.-
I found Kuch Rang adopting the route of antithesis where opposite ideas are put together in a parallel structure. This I am basing it upon the building up of the characters in the show
Here are my thoughts:
Mothers
Asha, Easwari, GKB
Asha the mother character who seems perfectly balanced she imparts sound advice- to Sona , Saurabh and Bijoy and this creates a balance in their lives. Why is Asha balanced?. We do not know much of her family but what we know of her family now her husband is very supportive, Her MIL adores her and most of the time if not all take her side and her children respect and love her. Here the love is not reverence
Easwari the mother who though has 4 children openly shows her partiality to her first born child her son. Her background widowed at a young age , abject poverty driving her actions. I think Shaavi wrote that she sees Dev as her partner not in a sexual sense the sense of them being the adults in the family. She tends to keep Dev's love in leash probably because she is afraid of facing poverty again.
GKB a mother who pampers her only son to the point of raising him to be a worthless thug. Her motivaton is living a life of luxury so money and greed her motivating force to the extent of burning their home.
Fathers
Bijoy and Mamaji
Bijoy the brash character who calls a spade a spade , loves his children but deals with them differently Sona the pride, Saurabh though he loves him he is harsh on him but is balanced out by asha because he gives her the respect that she deserves.
Mamaji
Vicky Dad though he tries to correct him has failed to do so probably because he does not have the support of his wife and also because he always puts down his wife even if it in jest still disrespectful. He is Dev's dad by proxy always seems to give Dev advice with mixed messages so in essence not a very effective Dad
The young couples
Dev and Sona
Two responsible young adults who found love. Family is important to the both of them and that is why they sometimes come across as selfless. Their Love is strong so it sustains but they have to learn to be a little selfish and put their happiness sometimes above others a balance they have to learn
Vicky and Elena
The irresponsible children one pampered by his mother , another though has a proxy parents chose to follow the selfish route. Both put their happiness before others
Ranveer and Neha
Ranveer has his pride and Neha hers. One doesnot want to compromise his principles fo money other things money is the most impprtant thing in life. Both are selfish in their own way not willing to give up
The DIL
Sona , Elena and Neha
One who tries hard because family is important, the second does not try because she takes things for granted and the third quit trying because she doesnot want to compromise- Sona needs to let go sometimes, Neha needs to prioritize what she wants from Life and Elena needs to just grow up
The brothers
Vicky , Dev and Saurabh and Sona
The brothers Vicky and Dev do not have very much respect for each other but because Dev feels indebted to his mamaji he tolerates Vicky. Vicky on the other hand wants what Dev has without working for it.
Saurabh has had loses and does not seem to be as successful as his sister but there is no jealously in their relationship only love and respect
The MIL
Easwari, GKB, Dadi and Asha
Easwari the MIL tries to be a good MIL but fails because she sees Sona as her competition
GKB the MIL knows that if she treats her DIL badly her Son will walk and she does not want to lose her son
Dadi the MIL who loves and cherishes Asha .here the point to be noted is Bihoy seems to be her only child and a Son
Asha in turn learns from her MIL how to be a good MIL an is an understanding MIL to Dev
The SIL
Ranveer ,Aayan and Dev
One who had pride and refused to compromise and accept money another who is just marrying for money. And Dev who is learning how to be a good one
And now to the story of the Baby
At the start of the story it was shown that Neha did not want children probably because of her past. She married Ranveer but couldn't sustain because of the lack of luxuries.
Sona married Dev for love they want a baby but Sona cannot have one she has money but cannot have children
So by building all these parallelism in the story maybe all these subplots will converge and a beautiful story will emerge... so is our hope .
Even though some of us are frustrated by the recent dramatic depictions of the show we are still sticking with it because this show does have a story to tell, it is just sometimes not told in the way some of the audience would like it to be hence sarcastic or humorous posts
Thoughts welcome and sorry for the rambling post of a lot of things that all of you already know..
Happy Friday
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