Conflict Between Nader And His Family

A Separation by Asghar Farhadi follows the story of Nader Lavasani as he struggles to deal with life after his wife files for divorce and his father continues to fall victim to alzheimer’s disease. As the plot continues to develop, it becomes evident that social status plays a huge role in the characterization of each member of the cast. In the film, the audience is presented with an objective point of view, which allows viewers to make their own assumptions about the morality of the characters. A major portion of the film deals with the conflict between Razieh and her family, who are of a lower social class than Nader and his family. The conflict between these two families leads to the central question posed in the film concerning when it
When Razieh initially begins working for the Lavasani family, the audience watches a very intimate scene when her daughter, Somayeh places her ear on her mother’s belly to hear what is inside. While Nader and his family were not inclined to see this, the audience immediately knows that Razieh is a pregnant woman, who will now be completing a very strenuous task. After working for Nader for a while, Razieh became extremely comfortable and left Nader’s father at home tied to a bed and left him for such a long time that he almost died. At the time the incident occurred, the audience was oblivious to where Razieh had been as well as Nader’s knowledge of her pregnancy. After the inraged Nader forcefully pushed Razieh out of his home, Razieh was rushed to the hospital where she
For example, when Razieh originally filed the complaint against Nader, Nader immediately insists that he can not be charged with murder because he did not know Razieh was pregnant and he acted out of rage when he found his father nearly dead. For a while the audience is convinced that Nader should not be charged of murder, despite him having been rather harsh with a woman. Later in the movie, Nader admits to his daughter, Termeh, that he did know about the pregnancy, however, he completely forgot about it when he thought that Razieh had stolen from him. Nader’s actions were definitely excessive, but they cause the audience to once again question whether or not his actions were justified considering the circumstances of the