master/husband says‚ dialogue/words used and how they reflect his power. Is there justice/responsibility that comes along with his power? In what ways is power abused? He does things simply because he can. Sex traded for power desire for the red lanterns to be lit. Red lanterns are a symbol of the master’s favor role of women in modern Chinese society where education for women is still a luxury that many families cannot afford and marriage is consequently their only career option. Patriarchy triumphs because
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In the film Raise the Red Lantern‚ by Chinese director Zhang Yimou (1991‚ Zhang Yimou)‚ we are shown the story of Songlian and her experiences as the new fourth wife of her master. The struggle between tradition and modernity as well as femininity versus masculinity is prominent in the film as Songlian is thrown into the Chen family compound‚ fully governed in Confucian tradition‚ and the capitalist democratic competition between the wives and Songlian’s rebellion to tradition causes many problems
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Yi-Mou Zhang ’s Raise the Red Lantern‚ is a beautiful and brilliantly made film in its own right. If‚ however‚ the team of Orson Welles and Greg Toland had produced the same film it would take on an entirely different look and feel. The film would reflect Wells love for creating physical representations of thematic metaphors and the long take and Toland ’s brilliant use of deep space photography and mobile framing. Under the direction of the Wells-Toland team‚ the film would take on subtle‚ yet
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The film of Raise the Red Lantern has women who are untrustworthy because in the film‚ there are four women who are the sisters who married the same man who is a rich and wealthy man. The reasons why women do not trust toward to the fourth sister‚ who is the main character of the film‚ Songlian. Three sisters like to tease her many times. The first mistress is an older woman who lives there a long time with a child. The second mistress is more friendly to Songlian‚ but she cannot trust to be because
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Raise Raise the Red Lantern "All the world’s a stage; all of us are taking the elements of plot‚ character‚ and costume and turning into performances of possibilities"(Ward1999: 5) Raise the Red Lantern tells a compelling and sorrowful story of a young women whose life is destined to be ruined in a male-dominated society. This can be an awakening of some sort to any woman. As Ward states in her text‚ women learn the rules of our half of the world as well as those of the other half‚ since
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Formal analysis on Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern. Among the Chinese films that were shown in class‚ Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern could be distinguished as more modern films compared to others. Being that they are fairly modern piece of work‚ the camera techniques‚ the color scheme‚ and different props used in the two films were quite alike. It was really interesting to analyze the mise-en-scene of both of the films‚ because these two films carry out completely
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are “Raise the Red Lantern”‚ “The Road Home” and “House for Flying Daggers”. All these three films were being nominated and awarded. Therefore‚ they are the suitable and worthy films for us to analyze. Themes Feminism The themes that we can see from Zhang’s films are feminism and colors. First‚ we would like to discuss and analyze about feminism in his films as woman would be the main key in his films all the time. For example‚ he chose Gong Li as his protagonist in “Raise the Red Lantern” while
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cluster of beautiful varicolored lanterns‚ such as one might see at a festival in a remote country village. Without going any farther‚ I knew that it was a group of children on an insect chase among the bushes of the embankment. There were about twenty lanterns. Not only were there crimson‚ pink‚ indigo‚ green‚ purple‚ and yellow lanterns‚ but one lantern glowed with five colors at once. There were even some little red store-bought lanterns. But most of the lanterns were beautiful square ones the children
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The magic lantern is an early predecessor of the modern day projector. It consisted of a translucent oil painting‚ a simple lens and a candle or oil lamp. In a darkened room‚ the image would appear projected onto an adjacent flat surface. It was often used to project demonic‚ frightening images in order to convince people that they were witnessing the supernatural. Some slides for the lanterns contained moving parts which makes the magic lantern the earliest known example of projected animation.
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Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival (Shangyuan) is a traditional Chinese festival‚ which is on the 15th of the first month of Chinese New Year and the first full moon night which symbolizes the coming of spring. It may be regarded as the last day of the Spring Festival. The start of this festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. The Lantern Festival is regarded as a good day for family gatherings. An old custom from china is people on that night will lighten up fancy
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