Under the Shadows.

  Maternal anxiety manifests itself in Babak Anvari's Under the Shadows (as well as other films with the similar themes such as The Ring, Dark Water, The Bahadook... etc) .whereby the mother is torn between two versions of herself: the mother who has to sacrifice for her children and the person who suffers from loneliness and questions her decision to leave her hopes and dreams for the sake of her family and children. I. These questions and versions of womanhood haunt these women and plague them with self-doubt and guilt in this djinn story. Is the haunting real or imagined? Is it spiritual or psychological? Explain your answers in detail in light of your understanding of Under the Shadows.