The film Mulan opens up with Mulan meeting the matchmaker. (At this point‚ the audience starts to get a feel for Mulan’s headstrong‚ tomboy personality.) After she accidentally catches the matchmaker on fire‚ Mulan brings dishonor to her family. While she is sitting under the Cherry Blossom Tree in shame‚ her ill father gets a notice that he must report to the army training camp because the emperor needs his service for war. When Mulan cannot persuade her father not to go‚ she takes matters into
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1.The film Mulan taught us‚ that the family relationship grows stronger or weaker depending on the honour that is given by the child. When Mulan‚ got turned down by the matchmaker‚ her bond with her father and mother got weak‚ but when Mulan returned from the war‚ and brought the home the Emperor’s pendant and the Hun’s sword ‚ the bond between her parents and her got stronger. In Ancient China‚ they believed‚ that if you worshipped‚ the families ancestors‚ that would bring good luck upon them.
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Olivia Borchers Mrs.Quintus English III 5 January 2015 Transcendentalism In Mulan The Disney movie‚ Mulan ‚ takes place in Ancient China. A tomboy‚ named Mulan‚ decides to take her physically impaired father’s place in the Chinese army. To do so she has to disguise herself as a male and keep her true identity secret. At the climax of the movie‚ her true gender is discovered. In the end Mulan is tried and pardoned of her crimes‚ is given a sword of the enemies military leader‚ and is proposed
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Mulan‚ a Disney Fantasy/Comedy film made in 1998‚ revolves around a young daughter who valiantly takes her father’s place in the Chinese Imperial draft. Mulan must prepare for battle to save all of China as the Huns invade her country. Mulan goes to war despite knowing that it will bring her family great dishonor if she is found out and decides to go against traditional Chinese values and strong gender roles. Along the way‚ she works with her sidekicks‚ Mushu and Cricket‚ and befriends a couple of
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Mulan is the ultimate epitome of a hero. Joseph Cambell who said “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” ‚ characterizes Mulan to perfection. She undergoes changes throughout struggles which shape her into the worthy hero that she is. . Mulan faces both inner and outer battles that transform her persona to being a hero. According to Joseph Cambell’s monomyth‚ Mulan meets the necessary qualities‚ as she portrays them grandly It all
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The Story of Huā Mùlán As humans‚ we gather information by the things we see‚ the things we hear and the people and places that surround us‚ but what if the things that surround us were inaccurate? We would have false knowledge and information‚ but wouldn’t know any different. If the things we watch made us believe the wrong things how would that affect our society? In some cases it could make a big difference but in other cases it could just change your perspective. The movie Mulan created by
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The fairy tale that I am analyzing is Mulan. Mulan is the story about a traditional Chinese girl who secretly takes the spot of her father in the war. Although this story in a few aspects defies the traditional‚ gendered fairy tales‚ there are many parts of this fairy tale that are sexist‚ racist‚ and stereotypical. These are the parts of the story that are not traditional. At the beginning of the story‚ Mulan is portrayed as a girl who wants to honour her family‚ especially her father. She is quite
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less power and rights than men. Mulan is an example of how women are held back in a society. She has to follow the stereotype of women by getting married and taking care of her family. She later disguise herself as boy to go to war in her father’s place. By breaking the stereotype‚ she has decided her own faith. In the Disney movie Mulan‚ Robert D.San Souci portrayal of Mulan shows that women can be successful and bring honor to their families in other ways. Mulan was expected by her parents to follow
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The film Mulan is set in ancient China‚ in an undefined dynasty. The Huns have penetrated the Great Wall and have invaded China. The emperor orders that new soldiers be drafted. Mulan‚ a girl who recently humiliated her family by failing the Matchmaker’s assessment‚ in order to save her aging father from death at war‚ steals her father’s armor and masquerades as a soldier. Throughout the film‚ several historical inaccuracies‚ as well as accurate portrayals‚ become apparent‚ in such respects as religious
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14 December 2012 Film Critique: Mulan One of the most inspirational movies Disney has created was Mulan. Mulan is a source of inspiration for little girls all throughout the world. This fairytale was based on the princess saving the prince‚ which is a very feminist message and is contrary to the common theme of a damsel in distress being saved by a knight in shining armor. The main character of the story is Mulan‚ after whom the movie is named. Mulan is the only child in an honored family
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