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Hey All 🤗
As I said in the post, there is absolutely no way that Arpi didn't know the exact of import of RV's proposal........both at the time he had actually made it and later when she was at his house. Notice how she cried and looked at everything before she left the haveli at night...........she knew exactly how big a step this was.........but I think what gave her strength to do what she did was her absolute self-belief that she would be able to thwart RV's plans and that she would prevail upon him. She absolutely understood the marriage bed, the setting, RV's words...........she knew what he was asking of her......
I had actually asked some questions to Vista via pm regarding the current track and Vista as usual gave me a brilliant answer. I was so impressed and happy reading her reply that wanted to share it with all of u. Wud be posting her reply here. The lines in red are my doubts and in Black are her reply. Sorry Vista ....posting ur pm here without ur permission but i want to share this with all cz i found it Brilliant 😃 (I know u wud forgive me)😳
But thn again some questions bother me ... This is the same Arpi who said Avi on her SR tht "Ab hum poori tarah se aapke huye" If a teenager is mature enough to undertsand the meaning of poori tarah se aapke huye .... then she also understands tht going to a man who has kept such conditions bfr her (be mine for a day) .... means she is going to loose her virginity now. Agree tht she had taken a knife for protection n prevention .... but she went on agreeing to all his needs. He asked her to give him the shawl ...she did, He asked her to make tea ..she did, He asked her to close eyes n come with him ...she did, He asked her to wear the saree.... inspite of seeing the bed n the decorated room n his intentions....she did, He asked her to sit near him...she did, finally he asked her to hav the dring ...n she did 😕
Are the cvs trying to tell us tht a girl can be so innocent to not understand the results of going to a man at this hour of night , and agreeing to a man's orders and falling in the trap 😕 I do understand the her caring attitude but can any self respected woman loose her virginity with a man other than her husband, to keep her husband's honour ?? 😕 Is Arpi tht innocent. No doubts i too wud ignore all her faults cz she's pure by heart but if a girl is so innocent to get trapped in a man's trp and still cant realise. Then i ud also expect this innocent girl to come n share the guilt with someone which she still hasnt done. 😕 These things are confusing me.
And abt her one-liner ...tht she can die for her love is actually scaring me too. The story is based on Prakash Shukla's life ...and even her wufe had committed suicide I too like u dont want this to happen 😭
Vista .....Thank u for giving me a platform to express my views in detail. Iknow its long but also sure that u wud clarify all my doubts and confusions like always 😳😃
As I said in the post, there is absolutely no way that Arpi didn't know the exact of import of RV's proposal........both at the time he had actually made it and later when she was at his house. Notice how she cried and looked at everything before she left the haveli at night...........she knew exactly how big a step this was.........but I think what gave her strength to do what she did was her absolute self-belief that she would be able to thwart RV's plans and that she would prevail upon him. She absolutely understood the marriage bed, the setting, RV's words...........she knew what he was asking of her......
To the audience, her preparation tackling RV appeared inadequate (just a kitchen knife) and her plan appeared half-formed, but in her mind....it was a last ditch effort that she and only she could do in order to defeat RV....I think the word most apt here is that she was spooked...... spooked by the visions of Shikha ending her life, of Avi losing control..........etc etc
And why was she getting all these doomsday visions ? This is the crux of the matter...........and this explains all. She was imagining all this because a) her protective stance towards Avi and the haveli......b) her self-confidence and the word I had not used in my original post, ego. She thinks that she is the one who is capable of thwarting any threat that comes the way of her family and she has to do it alone. I mean think about it.....suppose there is a family who is being threatened by someone or something. So the primary responsibility to defend rests with the head of the family .........say the father and maybe even the mother. The younger members of the family will look towards them to formulate a defence plan and then put it in action. Of course, depending on their age and capabilities, will contribute in the exercise, but in their hearts they will not feel that they are the only ones responsible for defending the family, on their own, without any counsel and help from the elders.
Which is what Arpi felt......and that she could arrive at such a conclusion tells you of her belief in herself and of her ego. Without those, she would have straight away run to Avi and confided in him of the threat and either left it up to him to handle it or suggested ways/helped him handle it.
That she chose to go it alone, shows her inflated sense of her position in the situation.
As regards her other stupid moves that you mention like making him tea, changing into the saree etc....she was buying time....because when she actually in the middle of the situation, as opposed to her imagined visions, she realized that it was not really playing out to plan. She was prob in a state of total panic........didn't really know what to do...because all her plan consisted of was a half-formed notion of attacking /intimidating Rv with the knife....but she had not thought about the evil magnetism of RV.....and he ended up pretty much dictating her behaviour and she ended up like a puppet in his hands.
This is what happens when only good, noble intentions are pitched against carefully plotted, evil genius.
I said this in another pm and hinted on the forum too, that it all reflects extreme immaturity........like that of teenagers. The tendency to step headlong into a situation without actually thinking it through. Unintended consequences.
" I do understand the her caring attitude but can any self respected woman loose her virginity with a man other than her husband, to keep her husband's honour ?? 😕 Is Arpi tht innocent. No doubts i too wud ignore all her faults cz she's pure by heart but if a girl is so innocent to get trapped in a man's trp and still cant realise. Then i ud also expect this innocent girl to come n share the guilt with someone which she still hasnt done. 😕 These things are confusing me."
In her mind she never once considered that things would reach that stage, she would have vanquished RV much earlier.........it would never come to pass, that's what she thought.
And again, she was not innocent of the actual import of the proposal.........she knew exactly what it was. And becuase of the reasons I have laid out, confessing is about the last thing she will do. The very ego that propelled her to do what she did in the first place, will dictate her subsequent frame of mind: "I am the one who has messed up big time; I am guilty of betrayal of Avi's love; I am not worth even a minute of his consideration now; I am tainted beyond redemption and he deserves someone better; therefore I have to end my life; that is the only way I can make up for my blunder; it was my action and I am to be blamed, no one else; so I will pay the price, even if it means giving up my life!"
So to sum up, she has pure intentions. Has overdeveloped sense of protectiveness towards Avi. Has more self-confidence than is probably good for her. Ego. Immaturity. Invincibiliy. Propensity to make hasty decisions without thinking things through. Overactive imagination.
All of the above lead her to commit hamartia, or the fatal mistake. Following in the tradition of Greek tragic heroes and later Shakeperean tragic heroes.
Of course, this is the clinical analysis. If you add the CV's tendency to overdramatise the situation to the point of making it almost farcical and dim-witted, you have the complete explanation of that night. What I mean is that some of the more mindless moves like drinking the juice can be blamed on the CV's...........
So I hope Nandini I have answered all your doubts😃.........feel free to shoot a thousand holes in my hypothesis..........then we will have a reall debate going and there is nothing better than that, in my mind.
Udne Ki Aasha
