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In this article, the writer maintains that the 1991 film 'Raise the Red Lantern', directed by Zhang Yimou, may be viewed on different levels. The writer discusses the ideas of women without any rights, dictatorship and the wretched fate of women as shown in the film

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"On the most superficial level, it is the wrenching story of women without any rights whatsoever, who have to survive by competing with each for the favor of their master. On another level, it may be seen as an allegory of dictatorship, in which the ordinary citizens sell their souls in a desperate attempt to curry favor with the dictatorial rulers - but even then, cannot survive, as is shown by the wretched fate of fourth mistress Songlian."

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