A Daughter Resists Patriarchal Marriage

This illustrates a societal structure where women suppress their desires according to social norms, revealing the realistic dilemma they face between their husband's authority and the stability of life gained in return.

Arouj points out that her mother's submissive attitude is not voluntary but stems from social fear.

Arouj seeks an egalitarian relationship, but her mother, citing the societal atmosphere, urges her daughter to give up, stating that the pain she endured working her whole life for an honorable life is unseen by anyone.

Arouj's mother worries that her daughter defying her father might become practice for defying a future husband, and pressures her to marry Fawad.

However, Arouj firmly rejects marriage to Fawad, criticizing that he wants a wife who will unconditionally obey his words.

Arouj is more wary of a life where her will is suppressed than of violence or death. She made a decision that she could never accept a state of being alive yet no different from being dead.

Her mother struggles to prevent her daughter's future from being destroyed. Arouj clearly stated her resolve: "I will not live my life as if I am dead while alive."