The Unbearable Lightness Of Being -

Tereza’s struggle to reconcile her physical self with her spiritual identity, often looking in the mirror to find where "she" begins.

Kundera defines kitsch as the "absolute denial of shit." It is the aesthetic ideal where all the unpleasant aspects of existence are ignored (e.g., political propaganda or overly sentimental art). The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Tomas's wife. She represents "Weight." She views sex and love as inseparable and suffers from Tomas’s infidelities. Tereza’s struggle to reconcile her physical self with