M Butterfly

M Butterfly had several conflicts within individual characters and characters within a general society. Women we always seen as inferior to men in many different societys. Despite the fact that they have different cultures around the world this is one thing every nation may have in common with each other.
Said stated orientalism as a western style for dominating, reconstructuring and having authority over the Orient. (Said 3)
In this case Song was the Orient and inferior to Gallimard and it made Gallimard look superior to her. There was a strong emphasis on whether the Westernized civilization was above the Chinese.
On page 1285 Gallimard and Song are alone and Song is rushing frantically to get tea for Gallimard even though he does not want. It gives the impression that Song must serve him even though he is not in need.
What i didnt understand was how someone can fall in love with someone else for 20 years and not know the sex of the person. The trial in Act 3 was interesting the way Song was answering the Judge's questions in that he was not straight forward but at the same time made sense in what he was saying.