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In this film, Mulan’s father is drafted into the army but is unable to join because he is ill, Mulan wants to take his place so he does not have to, but she is unqualified because she is a female. She hides her identity by cutting her hair and pretending to be a man in order to join the military. She becomes a hero during war, however, she is discredited because the General discovers her true identity in the process. Throughout the film, Mulan displays women empowerment in a society where men are superior to women. There is a pattern in that depicts the fact that women are underappreciated solely based on their gender and their placement in society; Therefore, women are not given the opportunity to manifest what they are capable of doing because

Mulan is Disney animation about a story with a strong woman protagonist, who is Fa Mulan, directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook in 1998. The film is based on Chinese legendary story of Hua Mulan. Overall of the film shows Chinese Confucian and traditional values with unique regulation, culture, and traditional system in their society. According to diegetic elements of Mulan which is defined as elements that consists of events, characters, objects, settings, and sounds in the story, the main event is a story about how Mulan who is not suitable for traditional woman role in Chinese ancient society overcomes the prejudice of gender role with exceptional behaviors as joining Chinese military troop secretly instead of her father who was wounded by former war. The movie Mulan is a narrative in terms of categorizing one concept that describes and arranges the sequence of events in a cause-and-effect order. In that sense, the movie starts to narrate certain disparity between Chinese Confucian and traditional cultural characters of gender role and protagonist’s inner human nature overall the movie, and that disparity leads the protagonist to overcome internal and external conflicts in progression of the story. This paper will analyze how Mulan demonstrates characteristic culture in Chinese society which shows stereotypes of gender role in the past, and what kinds of methods protagonist use for overcoming and deviating from a traditional gender characteristic by providing

The idea of feminism has not always been common. The term “feminism” wasn’t introduced until the 1970s. This shows how society didn’t allow anything that had to due with everyone being equal because of the standards that society constructed. In all the versions of Mulan, I think that Disney’s Mulan was the most strict on her having Ancient China’s role of being a woman. This would be having kids, helping clean around the house and not working for money, but working for her husband and kids. In Disney’s Mulan, her family is more hard on her to be a lady and for her to be the proper role of a women. This is because they went to a “matchmaker” to find her husband, and after saving everyone several times, she was still looked down upon because she was a woman.

Mulan is an animated film that was released in 1998 from Disney during third wave feminism, which features an Asian woman protagonist. She is a Disney princess, but at first glance you wouldn’t think so. Mulan is introduced as a clumsy tomboy who did not think she would ever bring honor to her family. In order to accomplish said honor, she would have to by being the perfect bride, in accordance with the matchmaker. The film has a great amount of feminist ideals, however, it doesn’t leave out stereotypical gender roles and several examples of overdetermined ideologies. Patriarchy is very prevalent in this film, from the woman characters positions, down to the songs they sing throughout the film, patriarchy is a theme that cannot be missed. This paper will discuss how feminine and masculine stereotypes are conveyed in the film, how gender stereotypes are portrayed, and of the patriarchal themes included in the film.

The creators of Mulan still show or give off what is expected of a woman with the beginning of the movie opening with her getting ready to find a husband with the match maker in the city, still giving off that the Heterosexual relationship is normal and what’s what the world should strive

Disney’s animated film Mulan captured the hearts of many of the corporation’s fan’s hearts when it first arrived in 1998. The film is based on one of China’s most beloved poems entitled “The Ballad of Mulan,” which tells a similar story of a young woman dressing up as a male in order to enlist in the army to protect her father. Disney’s Mulan focuses heavily on the individual struggle of main character to find out who she is and where she fits into society, which deviates away from the original storyline drastically. The differences are formed due to the large differences between the ancient Eastern culture that is trying to be portrayed and the Western ideals that Disney incorporated to make the movie more relatable for the modern Western viewers. While this movie is full of imagery that paints a picture of a strong female lead that conquers evil by being her “true self,” it also contains many gender stereotypes that stem from the culture of the ancient Chinese belief system. Upon examining the movie further, it becomes obvious that the importance of accepting and conforming to gender roles that Mulan represents is not only rooted in Chinese culture but also finds origin in the cultural views of the West.

For my fairy tale I chose the Disney film Mulan. I chose Mulan because it is an entertaining movie that delivers a good moral lesson. Mulan has your classic characters, the hero, the evil villain, but Mulan also pays homage and respect to the sacred spirits of her people. In this paper I will discuss Mulan’s story of courage, prayer, and determination. I will cover some important symbolism, imagery, and messages found within the film. I will also identify good and evil characters in the film and their respective roles in the movie.

After multiple embarrassing failures in introductions, Ping and the other drafted soldiers are taught by General Shang how to be a “true man”. Through this showcase, it is seen that not only girls are faced with stereotypes, boys also undergo the same pressure, just in a different way. In the song “I’ll Make a Man Out of You”, Shang sings that a man has to be as swift as a coursing river, have the force of a great typhoon, with strength of a raging fire, and be as mysterious as the dark side of the moon. Like the song for girls, this also places societal pressure on males to fit a certain standard. While Mulan is in her disguise as Ping, she is subjected to feel the pressures on both worlds.

Her to a matchmaker to find a husband and even though she was not interested, she was forced to go. In her time, it was rare for a girl to go against her family’s wishes and norms, and it was considered illegal and it shamed the family name. Mulan changed her appearance to escape home and take part in the war. The idea of a woman holding a sword was considered unwomanly and unheard of during her time. Even today there are differences between the roles of men and women in the military and other aspects of daily life.

Almost twenty years ago, Disney released Mulan into theaters. Filled with defiance and self discovery, Mulan is still a hit (especially in my heart). Fun and energetic characters such as Mushu and Cri-Kee, bring relief and laughter to these important messages. After watching this movie too many times to count, I am interested in how gender roles work in this movie. How do Mulan's intentions fit into feminism? How do the cultural norms affect the men and women in Mulan? My research will lead me to these answers.

Say you wanted to explain to a young girl how she can be way more than just one of the average disney princesses, tune into this film and it will prove all of the other stereotypical princess movies wrong. Not only can Mulan outsmart everyone on the war field, but she can also keep up. In the movie it shows her going through the steps of war with all the “powerful” men and she stands there right there with them, even doing better than the men in some cases. The world is set to believe that only a man can fight for a country because a woman cannot kept up with the physical and emotional affects of war. In numerous movies, for an example, war movies you see the guy going to war and the woman staying at home with the children; awaiting the males return. This is not the case in Mulan. This movies changes all social norms and makes the girl go off to war and actually ends up being super successful in the process. It gives girls the reassurance that not just guys can help in something so big

Disney’s Mulan is a tale of a young Chinese girl who dresses up as a man to go to war in order to prevent her dad from having to go at such old age. Mulan is considered to be one of the first feminist films Disney created, aiming to give a female protagonist power. However, although the representation of female power seems promising, as aHDJSFA argues Mulan’s story ‘distorts the values of feminism and ultimately reinforces antifeminist ideas.’ it is interesting to see that although Mulan has attributes such as bravery, determination and is ultimately extremely competent as a fighter for her country, the film struggles to act as a powerful representation of breaking the stereotypical gender tropes so present in Disney princesses. The values

Young children watching the Mulan movie may be inspired to construct their gender identity with bravery and personal ambition rather than social norms. Mulan is a wonderful role model for young girls and for one’s own female gender identity.

Mulan is a 1998 American comedy and action film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios featuring animations based on the Chinese legend of Hula Mulan. During the invasion by the Huns, the emperor of China asks for one man from each family to join the Chinese army. In order to save Mulan disable father from getting drafted, she secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heros. All though having her identity revealed, Mulan is still manages to defeat the Huns and restore her honor. Mulan from the Disney movie Mulan character is ported as a stereotypical woman who was being prepared to be chosen as a bride to become a wife, which was the best thing she can do during that time as women to bring honor to her family but contrast to any other Disney movie it breaks the gender roles society portray women to be.

Feminism advocates equal rights for women. From back in the 1990 's and still to this day Disney gives their readers or viewers the understanding on how an everyday day female is capable of doing anything they would want to if they believe in themselves. Disney displays feminism with their character as Mulan, Tiana, and Rapunzel. These characters give off the concept of perseverance. Perseverance is the is a initiative that is displayed when these ladies set a goal and go out to reach it. Even with complications throughout their stories they all still overcome their obstacles. Disney expresses the magnitude that each character had to go through to get to where they wanted to be in the end.