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    The film "The Stoning of Soraya M" tells the true story of a woman in Iran who is falsely accused of adultery by her abusive husband and sentenced to death by stoning. Soraya pleads with the crowd not to kill her as she was a neighbor and mother to them. However, the men of the town relentlessly throw stones at her until she dies while calling out "God is great." The film highlights the issues of patriarchy and moral corruption, as the mullah who endorses the stoning is shown to be a fraud. It portrays the women of the town as having moral integrity in supporting Soraya against the injustice committed by the men wielding religion to oppress women.

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    The film "The Stoning of Soraya M" tells the true story of a woman in Iran who is falsely accused of adultery by her abusive husband and sentenced to death by stoning. Soraya pleads with the crowd not to kill her as she was a neighbor and mother to them. However, the men of the town relentlessly throw stones at her until she dies while calling out "God is great." The film highlights the issues of patriarchy and moral corruption, as the mullah who endorses the stoning is shown to be a fraud. It portrays the women of the town as having moral integrity in supporting Soraya against the injustice committed by the men wielding religion to oppress women.

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    The film "The Stoning of Soraya M" tells the true story of a woman in Iran who is falsely accused of adultery by her abusive husband and sentenced to death by stoning. Soraya pleads with the crowd not to kill her as she was a neighbor and mother to them. However, the men of the town relentlessly throw stones at her until she dies while calling out "God is great." The film highlights the issues of patriarchy and moral corruption, as the mullah who endorses the stoning is shown to be a fraud. It portrays the women of the town as having moral integrity in supporting Soraya against the injustice committed by the men wielding religion to oppress women.

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    The Stoning of Soraya

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    The film "The Stoning of Soraya M" tells the true story of a woman in Iran who is falsely accused of adultery by her abusive husband and sentenced to death by stoning. Soraya pleads with the crowd not to kill her as she was a neighbor and mother to them. However, the men of the town relentlessly throw stones at her until she dies while calling out "God is great." The film highlights the issues of patriarchy and moral corruption, as the mullah who endorses the stoning is shown to be a fraud. It portrays the women of the town as having moral integrity in supporting Soraya against the injustice committed by the men wielding religion to oppress women.

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    The Stoning of Soraya

    A few day ago, our teacher in the subject of Understanding culture let us watched a movie which
    was titled "The stoning of Soraya". I am still feeling the pain in my heart which I felt while
    watching the movie. The movie portrayed the execution of the Islamic Law of death by stoning
    for adultery. It is about extraordinary womanhood and moral courage in the face of injustice.

    The movie shows a sense of womanhood with the help of the women gathering to support
    Soraya, to speak out against the stoning and to bury her remains in the dead of the night. Zarah is
    portrayed as fearless and strong both physically and spiritually. Her steady reference to Allah,
    petition, and extreme equity symbolize "genuine Islam," as opposed to the version followed by the
    men in the movie, who utilize religion for their own selfish gains. She is not perplexed of expert or
    talking up and uncovered the shocking story of Soraya to the world, not a move in Islam, but
    rather a move against men who misjudges the religion to organize social patriarchy and
    misogyny. Zarah's enthusiastic and well-spoken voice counters the speculation of the voiceless
    ladies.

    Soraya, the honest lady who is stoned to death since her significant other simply associated her
    with infidelity as a cover up for his own particular intentions, is likewise solid willed and brave,
    however not as confident as her close relative. He put on a show to have her best advantages on a
    basic level, persuaded her auntie to converse with her about getting a job with one of the
    widowed men in the town as a servant thus started the evil plot.

    Soraya was sentenced to death by stoning. I can't remove my mind the pictures of that lady as
    she bade farewell to her two little girls. I can't overlook her peaceful quality as she strolled to her
    purpose of death. I can always remember the look in her eyes as she remained before her group
    and asked them "How can you do this to me. I was your neighbor, your companion, your girl,
    your mom, your significant other. I cleaned your homes. I was with you and you go about as
    though you don't know my identity."

    I can hear the serenades as the group yelled "Allah hu Akbar" (which means, God is great) as
    they tossed the stones. I can see the stones as they were heaved against her, consistently, blood
    cutting off her temple, profound injuries perpetrated on her delightful face. They stoned her to
    death. The man she should have submitted adultery with was even offered stones to toss at her so
    he could "recover" his honor. In a steady progression the stones flew. She shouted, cried,
    moaned and grieved until the point when her voice and quality ebbed away and she died.

    In the last scene, before she is stoned, she denounces the whole town for doing this to her rather
    than arguing honestly, which she knows will be useless, not withstanding a crowd. She is not a
    lady controlled by men, and unexpectedly, at last her murder opens their pietism to the world.

    The vital issue of patriarchy and good fraud is conveyed to the fore through the character of the
    town mullah. He is a total extortion, and his religious life is counterbalanced by references to his
    past and how effectively he is coerced into obliging the arrangement by Soraya's significant
    other.

    The ladies, then again, are depicted with moral honesty. This radical restriction between the men
    and ladies is hazardous in that it is excessively polarizing, and perhaps reconcile, recommending
    that men and ladies are rivals and never on a similar side. Nowrasteh tries to adjust this with a
    couple of ladies characters that help the men's choice, and the town chairman, who is caught
    between his part as a pioneer and his feeling of good uprightness.

    Shiela Mae C. Hernane 11 ABM 3

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