Representation Of Female Character As he Second Sex In Niki Caro's Mulan

Abstract

way in Niki Caro’s animated movie,Mulan. In the movie, director Caro has depicted the female protagonist Mulan in men’s disguise. Mulan has played masculine role. She follows men's dress, goes to the battlefield, and does not obey the patriarchal systems. Although the movie seems to be feministic from surface level, the characters in the movie are not free from patriarchy. This research claims that in the name of equality, freedom, feminism, the director, Niko Caro has not let female characters celebrate her differences. The movie This research paper explores the reason for representing women in a stereotypical has presented female characters in a way that women must follow men’s character to become stronger and create equality in the society. To support this claim, this paper uses theoretical insights of Simone de Beauvoir, Elaine Show alter, Anne Birrel, Blain Brown and so on.