1) I believe that "Fire" is such a dominant motif in this film is because it represents the "God" which prays upon women sexuality. It determines the truth of oneself. But, first of all "Fire" itself is a movie that represents women sexuality in Indian Culture. To see how fire is such a dominant motif in this film we must first understand why "fire" itself is used as the name of the movie. " Fire represents patriarchy as being founded on the denial of female sexuality. A whole range of oppressive structures targeting myriad aspects of women's lives become obscured in this narrowing of critical range, this compulsion to name a root cause of women's subordination" ( Ghosh, Queering India, page 240). The significance of Fire is seen through the characters in some ways. At the start I had mentioned how fire is like a "God" in the movie. It is something which looks upon the mistakes which Sita and Radha are doing. I believe that Ashok and the Grandma is the small flame of the fire, they are the eye which looks upon Sita and Radha's sexuality. When Ashok knew what was going on, he had gone to tell Sita's husband, but the husband did not believe Ashok, not the until he saw it himself. I also believe that the grandma is like a god praying over what everyone is doing. She always rings her bell whenever something is not right or gone wrong. Especially when she knew about Sita and Radha's love for each other, she spat in Radha's face. Fire also represented very much Sita and Radha's character. Sita said that she would let god decide her fate. God is the Fire. I believed every single time, Sita and Radha were intimate with each other, it was like fire was going to burn over them, for they were sinning as being women of their culture. Comparing to Sita, ...