Hwang's Butterfly

In M. Butterfly Hwang shows how racist and sexist Western imperialist can be. It also shows how they feel to be inferior to the weaker nations, and their people. For example; on pg 1274 in our BIL text, describes Chinese woman as hungry Oriental girls who want to be treated bad. The Western men say that that "Oriental girls" are not like the American girls. Not only do these men not have respect for Chinese women, but they also do not respect for their own women by calling them girls. They are grown women. Throughout this play we can to the realization of how stereotypes of different cultures can help an individual view another individual by their nationality.