Essays on Raise The Red Lantern

Since the film art, the female image has always been an indispensable image of the screenplay, Chinese women and Chinese society unique. China’s patriarchal society is also rooted in the status of parents and its possession as a source of material property and trade women…

China film tradition was always brought interest to me. I want to know more about China film tradition because I watch a lot of chinese films. I wanted to learn more about my culture from film traditions. For the project, I research the how China…

To start with, the movie was very interesting to watch. It represents several plot twists and also symbolizes the aspect of social dominance. The aspect of social dominance presented in the movie can be associated with the idea of the animal kingdom where there are…

The film raise the red lantern, based on Su Tong’s novel wives and concubines by the renowned director Zhang Yimou, depicts the male-dominated, ‘polygamous’ stories in the deeply rooted feudal family system. The main character in the film is Songlian, who has received higher education…

Unlike men, women have been facing unique problems for centuries. Often times, women experience harassment and discrimination. In today’s society, females are trying to combat their tribulations through law suits and protest rallies. Literature often deals with people being unable to articulate their problems. Often,…

There are some movies about lifestyles in China and then there is “Raise the Red Lantern.” The film parallels “The Last Emperor” in how a master controls his subjects within his domain. Out of all the Chinese movies that I have extensively viewed, this was…