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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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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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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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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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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Although‚ stereotypes should not define who a person is. The character who strongly proves this is Mulan. Mulan demonstrates that a person shouldn’t be judged by their gender or stereotype‚ as she was able to become a strong and brave warrior through her disguise as a male soldier‚ which is deemed unfit for her gender. In the beginning of the movie‚ Mulan’s mum and grandmother try to teach Mulan the appropriate ways of behaving like a lady in order to honour her family‚ in the song “Honour to us
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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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movie Mulan‚ the character Mulan embodies a couple very significant archetypes. One major archetype she embodies is the hero. She is the hero of the movie because she saved china from being taken over. She first started to become a hero when she snuck out of her house the night before her farther was supposed to leave for war. She put on her fathers armor and left for war. The whole time she was in war she convinced the other soldiers that she was a man. When the Huns attacked china Mulan was a hero
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Racism in Disney Movies The arrival of the movie‚ The Princess and the Frog‚ Disney’s newest animated movie‚ had many people’s interest because it presented Disney’s first African American princess‚ Tiana. Although Disney has finally decided to bring a new‚ racially different princess into their Disney princesses’ collection‚ they have also received negative comments such as being “accused of racial insensitivity” (London Times). Critics have opposed the movie because for several reasons including
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