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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Analysis
How do the female characters in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon challenge the stereotypical views about Asian women? (1-2 paragraphs) The Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon challenge the stereotypical views of Asian women by making Asian women strong and very daring the women in the movie know how to fight and are every bold this is a martial arts film that focus on gender, action and its views how the women are powerful. Asian women aren’t very obedient they like to do stuff on their own and be known as hero’s, since martial arts originated in China they had a Chinese person doing the views of Asian women which allows us to see a wide range of customs and traditions and values.

2. What does the sword symbolize? What does it give to those who fight

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