Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Fiddler On The Roof

"In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village."(IMDb)  

What conflicts must Reb Tevye face while still trying to remain faithful to his culture's traditions? Will changing times force him to bend so far in his beliefs that he will break, like the tedious balance of a fiddler on the roof?  

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3 comments:

  1. I would say that every religion has beliefs and traditions that should broken

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  2. General Intellectual - Marrying in the faith is a tradition that should be broken if two people who were not put together by the match maker love each other. A matchmaker cannot predict or control people's feelings; only pair of two people whom they think will work well and prosper together with.
    There are not traditions that should never be broken. As times change, and as we as a species advance, old traditions will be left behind and new ones will be created. Many people will practice religious traditions until they die, but there will always be someone of that faith who will want to change or not follow a tradition; they will want to break it.

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