Symbolism In Slumdog Millionaire

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In “Slumdog Millionaire” the theme of being an underdog is shown throughout the movie. When Jamal first enters the "Who wants to be a Millionaire" he was taken as a joke by the crowd and host. They believe he isn’t clever due to his poor background, education and as he worked as a Tea Server is a telemarketing building. Jamal proved them all wrong when he answered every question correctly based on with events that occurred sometime in his life.

Symbolism is also used through out the film such as when Jamal meets a blind, begging girl; she is perhaps as low social status as one can be in India –she is a symbol of poverty. The binary opposite of money and wealth is also symbolically present through the film. In the film, Salim symbolizes law (religion without love), and Jamal represents love. These themes, symbols and motifs all link to ‘Claude Levi Strauss’ binary opposites, showing how conflict between these opposites can be used to create drama and impact in the movie. The binary opposites used in ‘Slum Dog Millionaire’ are dark versus light, wealth versus poverty, old versus...

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