Shakespeare’s Cultural Capital in Popular Cinema: Chinese Filmic Spinoffs of Hamlet Lingui Yang Year 2006 saw two made-in-China films based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet—Feng Xiaogang’s Madarin Yeyan (The Banquet) and Sherwood Hu’s Tibetan Ximalaya wangzi (The Prince of the Himalayas). For their Shakespearean components‚ the films join their counterparts elsewhere around the globe that interpret‚ appropriate‚ dissemble‚ and reconstruct Shakespeare’s canonical text. To be sure‚ they have in their own
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Irene of Athens‚ who reigned from 780 to 802‚ is one of the initial examples of imperial imagery being used to emphasize the empress’ pious nature. Irene of Athens was married to Leo IV and was the mother of Constantine VI. Her time as empress resulted in actions that were seen as less than desirable of a ruler but her commissions and images immortalized her as a pious ruler. The prime accusation concerned the deposition of her son since his own actions did not justify the empress’s actions. When
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An Lushan rebellion: Happened during peak of Tang culture in the first half of the eighth century during Xuanzong’s rule. Recently appointed military governor of non-Chinese origin‚ An Lushan‚ earns favor of Yang Guifei; Xuanzong’s beloved wife‚ as a result‚ earns favor of Xuanzong‚ who grants An Lushan favors‚ primarily allowing him to place 160‚000 troops near the North and Northeastern frontier. An Lushan launches a rebellion in 755‚ storms Luoyang and Chang’an. Xuanzong flees but is betrayed
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Albany Jones Jeff Kinard HIS-121-FJT06 02/28/2013 Empress Theodora: Rome’s most influential and powerful woman Today women are given several opportunities other individuals are denied: these opportunities include but aren’t limited to divorce rights and property ownership. When asked whom to thank for the civil liberties they possess women often answer “Harriet Beecher Stowe”‚ “Susan B. Anthony” or even “Elizabeth Cady Stanton”. These women are very important. However‚ a very well-spoken
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emperor and his wife‚ the empress‚ sat on a balcony. They looked at a river and ate mangoes. The emperor sucked the juice out of each mango but he didn’t eat the skin. He took the big seed out of each mango. Then he wrapped the skin around the seed. He put all the skins and seeds on a plate that was in front of the empress. After a while the emperor had sucked the juice out of many mangoes. A big pile of skins and seeds was on the plate that the emperor put in front of the empress. The emperor’s advisor
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Brianna R. Smith Modern China Final Paper 11/05/2013 Cixi the Empress Dowager A major fault the country of China continuously experienced was having poor leaders at critical times. For years the leaders of China thrived from the self-sustaining country‚ but the pretentiousness led to the idea China was the center of the world. This false ideology caused a lag in the full development of the country‚ and China fell far behind the rest of the world in terms of military‚ technology‚ and government
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Empress Elisabeth‚ the notorious ‘Kaiserin Sisi’‚ bears great resemblance to the late Princess Diana regarding her ongoing popularity‚ eternal youthfulness and the utter fascination so many have with the intriguing events that occurred during the course of her wonderful‚ yet undeniably tragic‚ life. The similarities between Sisi and Princess Diana are truly uncanny‚ with both of them suffering from eating disorders‚ little self-confidence and involved in unhappy marriages as well as suspicious‚ untimely
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Empire was under the control of a Emperor Ping (played by Chow-yun Fat)‚ a ruthless‚ cunning‚ and a cold-hearted ruler. He has a wife (played by Gong Li) and three sons‚ namely Prince Jai‚ Prince Wan and Prince Yu. The marriage of the Emperor and the Empress was not out of their affection towards each other. Rather‚ they were married due to political and business reasons‚ in order to further strengthen their empire. The film starts a few days before the Chongyang Festival‚ which celebrates the ninth
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perches. Suzaku is portrayed with radiant feathers with many different hues of vermilion. Suzaku is often mistaken for Fenghuang‚ the Chinese Phoenix‚ due to similarities in appearance. Fenghuang is legendary ruler of birds associated with the Chinese Empress in the same way the dragon is associated with the Emperor‚ while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.3 Fenghuang is said to be made up of
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was a lot less bloody than Order 66 itself‚ in any case. Once‚ Empress Vader had been Padmé Amidala‚ and Emperor Vader‚ Anakin Skywalker. Once‚ she was just a Senator‚ fighting for a cause she firmly believed in. Once‚ she was just a wife‚ praying hard for the safe return of the man she loved from the adventures that would immortalize his name in the annals of the Clone Wars. Once‚ she was just Padmé. No longer. She is now Empress of the known galaxy and beyond‚ moderating the punishments of her
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