The relationship between individuals mirrors the relationship between nations

In the light of this state ment, M. Butterfly, a pack about a French diplomat, Rene Gallimard, being seduced by the Chinese opera fareor, breed Liling, who masqueraded as an Oriental ideal wo homophile, evolves into a tale exposing the eastern- air jacket misconceptions by using the intricacies of male-female relations. kind in the midst of eastern nations and western nations, and that among western nations, is mirrored by the deuce relationships amid individuals respectively the relationship between Rene Gallimard and strain Liling, and the relationship between Rene Gallimard and chick Baden. Relationship between Eastern nations and westmostern nations is mirrored by the relationship between Rene Gallimard and Song Liling. Many afterwards watching the film have asked, how is it possible for Gallimard to be in love with a military domain for twenty years, and believe all the time that he is a adult female?The answer to this question is Gallimards misunderstanding of the East. The western misconceptions of the East and the double-uern fantasies of restrictive masculinity towards the East can be seen from the relationship of Gallimard and Song. The misunderstanding of the due west towards the East is foregrounded when Gallimard met Song after Songs performance of Madame Butterfly. Seeing Song on stage as Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly, an Oriental woman who kills herself for the sporty man Pinkerton, Gallimard assumed that Song would be an equivalent of the submissive Oriental ameliorate woman.Gallimards ignorance of the culture of the East is clearly seen as it is Chinese impost that, in Peking opera, the female characters are played by men, which is likewise later pointed out by Song in the film. After the performance, Gallimard had a colloquy with Song, in which the indifference of the West to distinguish the national and cultural tradition of the Eastern nations is shown. During the conversation, Gallimard said that Song was convincin g to be Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly. Songs respond signified that Gallimard has conflated China and Japan, Convincing? Me as a Japanese woman?Read also Intro to Public Relations NotesDo you notice the Japanese social functiond thousands of our people for medical experiments during the war? But I gather such an irony is lost on you. The western fantasies of the Orients with submissive, compliant femininity is also reflected when Gallimard commented on the death of Cio Cio San in Puccinis play, her death its tenuous sacrifice. Hes not worth it, but what could she do She loves him so much. Its very beautiful. The West sees the East as stereotype, as western men believe the sufferance of the delicate, obedient Oriental women, which western women can never satisfy.When the relationship of Gallimard and Song further developed, Gallimard was blinded by his ignorance and misunderstanding towards the East. During the night when Gallimard visited Song after he has got promoted to vice-consul, Song said to Gallimard, please let me keep my frock on modesty is so important to the Chinese. Gallimard believed it and respected Songs modesty, and he did towards the end of the relationship, which was also pointed out by Song, who has unmasked himself as a man in the court, he was very responsive to my ancient Oriental shipway of love, all of which are invented by myself, just for him. This reflected that the West believes that the East is scarcely like the image in their own fantasies.The conflation of the China and Japan of the West is also disclosed at the end of the film, where Gallimard painted his face with minute white. In the Japanese theater, white is a symbol of ideal white complexion of the noble, while in the Chinese opera, white symbolizes treachery. This further highlighted the stereotyping of the East by the West, to conclude all Eastern nations as one sensation conventional Orient. The westbound fantasy of protective masculinity is also mi rrored by the relationship between Gallimard and Song.In the relationship of Gallimard and Song, Gallimard enjoyed discovering that he could treat Song with cavalier neglect, and this further strengthened his sense of masculinity, which is analogue with the Hesperian belief of controlling the East, as they believe that the East, deep down, desire submission to the masculine West. Song has written in her letter to Gallimard that she has already given Gallimard her shame, and Gallimard used it over against Song to force her to tell him that she is his butterfly. This is exactly an act of protective masculinity of male and at the same time that of the West.The West think that the East is inferior and need to be taught by the West, this is shown by the conversation of Song and Gallimard when they were at the Great Wall. Song asked Gallimard, why did you soak a poor Chinese with a chest like a boy? and Gallimards answer showed his view of Song as an innocent Orient, not a boy-like gi rl-like a young innocent school-girl waiting for her first lessons. The Western superficial idea of slave and master is also shown between Gallimard and Songs conversation after he had sexual intercourse with Lady Baden.Gallimard made use of the idea of slave and master, which he thought himself as master and Song as the slave, to force Song to remove her clothes for his will. The relationship among Western nations can also be mirrored by the relationship between Gallimard and Lady Baden. When Gallimards relationship with Song is going on smoothly and his charge has got a boost, Gallimard also had a rather short-term relationship with Lady Baden.This somehow showed that Gallimard has the ambition to conquer Lady Baden, who was described by the men in the party as uilt like the Forbidden City. Everyone can advert but no one gets inside. This is a reflection of the ambition of the Western nations to conquer each other. Lady Baden, as a western woman, is pictured as strong as the men, she was already naked when Gallimard hid himself in the bathroom, and this is again the idea of masculinity of the West. To conclude, the relationship between Gallimard and Song mirrors the misconceptions between the West and the East, while the relationship between Gallimard and Lady Baden shows the ambition among the Western nations.