The Painted Veil – Presentation Note

Lift Not The Painted Veil Which Those Who Live Lift not the painted veil which those who snappy Call Life though unreal shapes be pictured thither, And it scarcely mimic all we would believe With colours idly spread,behind, lurk Fear And Hope, repeat Destinies who ever weave Their shadows, oer the chasm, sightless and drear. I knew one who had lifted ithe sought, For his lost heart was tender, things to sexual love, But found them not, alas nor was there vigor The world contains, the which he could approve. Through the unheeding me precise he did move, A splendour among shadows, a bright blot Upon this gloomy scene, a Spirit that stroveFor truth, and akin the Preacher found it not. Percy Bysshe Shelley Charlie Townsend Post married British vice consul = smart, sensible and he knows very well of whats going on evidence afterwardwards walter walked international when he first found them in pussys room, kitty was so panic but townsend knows that Dr. Fane will do nth. To cause any scandal when hes discussing about the dealing with strikes(walkouts)/ boycotts in Shanghai with businessmen in the Colony Club, he banned the suggestion of seeking suffice from Chiang Kai-Shek as he knew that hes a nationalist that must stand on the side of Chinese, he will not help them suppressing the strike. age and experienced charwoman-hunter , very dissolute person and hes unfaithful to his wife Evidence flirted kitty from the very first moment theyve met when theyre observance the Chinese opera ?Telling kitty what happened to the actor in the opera which he rallys that it may be similar to Kitty (she weeps for the lively, vivacious girl she at a time was? the lonely woman she has sprain she weeps for the love shell never feel, for the love shell never give) to flirt Kitty ? made Kitty believes that he understands her, admire her ? Charlie Townsend found it so easy to get hold of her As described by Waddington he had his little flirtations +As described by Doroth y the women who fell for her husband were so consistently second-rate ? even his wife knows that her husband is a gallant/licentious/dissolute person that flirts many women +having an affair with Kitty? adultery, he solo sees Kitty as his mistress to satisfy his physical needs (attachment lever) Dorothy is to a greater extent important to him because whatever happens, we must try to keep Dorothy out of it ? did not want to harm Dorothy and nth in the world could induce him to divorce herWomen are always under the impression that men love them more that they really do. train lecture = selfish, vain and incapable of caring for anyone but himself Care for his reputation/ job/ post do you have any idea of the importance of my station here? at that time, therell be many rumors that ruin the reputation of a man if anyone divorce his wife and marry another woman. Therefore he cares more about his reputation, his position than what will happen on Kitty if he does not marry her, as Ki tty is on the button someone means very little to him.Film language =a person who made false promise Evidence sent kitty a ring as a dower RING symbolize love, faith and commitment. He proclaimed that he loves Kitty when he was having kindle with Kitty, actually he does not love her, its just a way to flirt Kitty and make Kitty willing to continue the affair with him. promised that he would help solve the problem when Kitty was squeeze to be divorced. After 5 years, at last, he still did nth, not even a letter to show his concern. I should have writtenFilm language Why Townsend treat Kitty as close as 5 years ago when he later met her in London? =the only one that failed to change in the film He never learn from any experience or errors that he has made Besides, he does not think that he had done sth wrong? does not feel sorry /guilty for breaking Kittys marriage He tried to ascertain Kitty again in his later few weeks in London (to see if therere any more chances for him to flirt kitty again, kindred 5 years ago) described by Kitty no one important 0th century that artists began to use it fully a pipe would stand for rumination and calm the cigarette symbolized modernity, strength and youth, but also nervous anxiety the cigar was a sign of authority, wealth and power. The decades following World War II, during the apex of skunk when the practice had still not come under fire by the growing anti- sens movement, a cigarette casually tucked between the lips represented the unfledged rebel, epitomized in actors ilk Marlon Brando and James Dean or mainstays of advertising like the Marlboro Man.It was not until the 1970s when the negative aspects of smoking began to appear the unhealthy lower-class loser, paint a picture of cigarette smoke and lack of motivation and drive, especially in art inspired or commissioned by anti-smoking campaigns. Literature Just as in other types of fiction, smoking has had an important place in literature and smokers are often portrayed as characters with great individuality, or outright eccentrics, something typically personified in one of the most iconic smoking literary figures of all, Sherlock Holmes.Other than being a frequent part of short stories and novels, smoking has spawned endless eulogies, praising its qualities and affirming the authors indistinguishability as a devoted smoker. Especially during the late 19th century and early 20th century, a panoply of books with titles like Tobacco Its History and associations (1876), Cigarettes in fact and Fancy (1906) and Pipe and Pouch The Smokers Own Book of Poetry (1905) were written in the UK and the US.The titles were written by men for other men and contained general tidbits and poetical musings about the love for tobacco and all things related to it, and frequently praised the refined bachelors life. The Fragrant Weed Some of the Good Things Which Have been Said or call about Tobacco, published in 1907, contained, among many others, the following lines from the poem A Bachelors Views by Tom Hall that were typical of the attitude in many of the books The tail of My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke (1896) by J. M. Barrie, otherwise best known for his play Peter Pan. So let us drinkTo her, but think Of him who has to keep her And sans a wife Lets spend our life In bachelordom, its cheaper. Eugene Umberger68 These works were all published in an era before the cigarette had become the dominant form of tobacco consumption and pipes, cigars and chewing tobacco were still commonplace. Many of the books were published in novel packaging that would attract the learned smoking gentleman. Pipe and Pouch came in a leather bag resembling a tobacco pouch and Cigarettes in Fact and Fancy (1901) came bound in leather, box in an imitation cardboard cigar box.By the late 1920s, the publication of this type of literature largely abated and was only sporadically revived in the later 20th century. 69 Cigarettes in old films were e arly forms of product placement 5. Cigarettes as Phallic Symbols Back during the Hays Code days, cigarettes were clever devices used as metaphoric hints at sexual activity. When characters shared out cigarettes, such as in Now, Voyager, To Have and Have Not and Rope, it implied a sex act. When Marlene Dietrich held a cigarette in any of her films, the prop was a phallic symbol implicit in projecting an image of bisexuality.And ironically, in a film as explicit as 9 ? Weeks, a cigarette may have been a required stand-in for Mickey Rourkes penis during a strip-tease scene, because male nudity continues to be a taboo while the sensitive female body is common on the big screen. However, not all cigarettes in films represent sex and/or phallus, but due to the heavy workout of the prop in such a way for so many years, its hard for moviegoers (particularly those of us with film studies degrees) to think of them as anything but sex symbols.Fortunately, Hollywood is being forced to censo r out cigarettes from their movies (for even featuring a pack of cigarettes), and meanwhile they continue to break sexual taboos at the same time. So this cliche is likely to go way very soon. Friendship Since friendship is not a very important issue in the Painted Veil, Compared to love and expiry, Ill just talk about the more significant one. = kitty and Waddington At the very first beginning Then At the end = Dr Fane and Colonel Yu When Colonel Yu met Walter, Then, after At the end =Kitty and sung chingAt first, Sung Ching was appointed by Colonel Yu to protect Kitty due to the anti-foreigner atmosphere in china, kitty felt like she was guard as a prisoner Then, she started to reject Sun Chings protection and treat him badly when she was finding Mr. Waddington for mailing the letter, tell him to go away and she does not need him At the climax of the anti-foreigner movement, Sun Ching saved Kitty and Walter from the crowd, on the next day, kitty then ask Sun Ching to come with he r friendly. Mei-tan-fu primer coat info = a closure mad up by the author, not a real village (at first ? lanned to build a new village of Mei-tan-fu in Guangxi, however, the cost is too huge and overwhelming ? sent a scout to find a village for the film ? found a only untouched village = Huang Yao 800 years history untouched because theres no telegraph poles or anything else to contact people in other places? consummate(a) for shooting The rivers and mountains shoots are taken from Huang Yao, its from Guangxi > on-location (means the film is shot at the actual place where the action occurs) Mei-tan fu is a place with many significance in the film, please pick one to and explain why.Significances = new home of the Fanes = the place where death rest Chinese villagers/ walter/ kitty seeing two muds + colour of lights initiative the corpse of a villager pass a wide the same road of Kitty and Walters sadden chairs 2nd the hut where kitty and walter stays the doll on the bed of kittys room Walter I wont touch that if I were you, they may have died in that bed 3rd the corpse of a villager on the side of the road when Kitty walked out from Mr, Waddingtons house 4th the bodies are buried too close to the river th the death of Sister Maryse 6th the soldiers removing corpses from the villagers house 7ththe death of walter =a place for reunion -kitty and walter=a place where they fall in love again beforehand the union, Walter and Kitty were separated spiritually due to the affair . /. kitty and charlie How after kitty had heard from the nuns about Walter helping the orphans? stating to know that he is a level-headed man and wants to improve their relationship.After Walter had seen Kitty playing with the orphans, he started to have better feelings for Kitty After the union, their relationship has been recovered, they even have sex after tipsiness with Mr. Waddington and XX. Then they travel on the boat to let Kitty visit the water XX. =changes brought by ch olera(+ve and -ve) kitty(+ve)/ walter(+ve &-ve)/ colonel yu(+ve) Described by Kitty- no place for a woman madness for me to go Described by Dr. Fane small town on a tributary of Yangtze River, in the interior Film language colour of light, long shot,