In this scene, An-Mei Tsu is in her mother’s room with Wu Tsing, Yan Chang, Second Wife, Third Wife and Fifth Wife (as well as the hospital doctor), standing over her mother’s unconscious person. An-Mei finds out that her mother overdosed on opium (hence the song), and had basically poisoned herself, leaving the doctor with no way of helping her. An-Mei is hopelessly wretched in this scene, as there is no way to avoid her mother’s certain death. The overall theme of such a scene is despairing and horrifying; anyone would
In this scene, An-Mei Tsu is in her mother’s room with Wu Tsing, Yan Chang, Second Wife, Third Wife and Fifth Wife (as well as the hospital doctor), standing over her mother’s unconscious person. An-Mei finds out that her mother overdosed on opium (hence the song), and had basically poisoned herself, leaving the doctor with no way of helping her. An-Mei is hopelessly wretched in this scene, as there is no way to avoid her mother’s certain death. The overall theme of such a scene is despairing and horrifying; anyone would