What is the moral of Passing?
What is the moral of Passing? Passing is about hypocrisy and fear, secrecy and betrayal. It is a universal story of the messiness of being human as it is portrayed in the particularly explosive relationship between two black women, Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield.
What happens to Clare in Passing?
After Irene suspects that her husband Brian and Clare are having an affair, and after Clare’s husband discovers that his wife is Black, a violent confrontation ensues, and the film ends with Clare falling out of a window, her body broken and lifeless on a bed of pure white, Harlem snow.
Did Irene push Claire out the window?
In both the novel and the film adaptation, it’s never explicitly stated if Irene is responsible for Clare’s death, though in literary discussions it is often concluded that Irene did, in fact, push Clare out the window.
Who Pushed Clare out the window?
obvious interpretation is that Irene in a moment of temporary insanity pushed Clare out of the window. [Irene] ran across the room, her terror tinged with ferocity, and laid a hand on Clare’s bare arm. One thought possessed her.
