Empowerment
Ill Make A Man Out of You
“You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot And you haven't got a clue Somehow I'll make a man out of you “
This verse shows how pitiful Mulan and the rest of them are in the begging and shows who long they have to come before they're suited for the rage of war. Its also empowering to think that the general thinks that he can turn a so called spineless pale pathetic group into great warriors.
You're unsuited for the rage of war, So pack up, go home, you're through How could I make a man out of you?
This shows that even though all the odds are against Mulan she will still persevere through it. Which is shown in the next clip when she climbs the pole to retrieve the arrow. This is a major turning point in the song because this where she goes from a sad pathetic person into a strong confident warrior
We must be swift as the coursing river With all the force of a great typhoon and the strength of a raging fire
In this verse they are comparing themselves to great powerful things that empower and inspire them to be strong swift and forceful. Its also the part where they become skillful soldiers.
Story of an hour
“She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength”
This means that although she has been restraint her whole life she still had a small bit of strength and will in her, Even Through such a rough time .
“She would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.”
This means that she is finally coming into herself and realizing that she needs to make herself happy and now there's nothing holding her back she's free to be free.There’s no one who will try to change her opinion or alter her personality and she now realizes that no man or woman has the right to restrain.
"Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering.
This shows that her grieving has been switched with pure joy and a sense of freedom this empowering because she has finally stop letting someone who held her back still hold her back after their passing.
“She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength”
This sentence is saying that a young women who was quite calm and content was kept in a cage but even though she was repressed the lines also show that she has strength because she had lived through it ,she had survived.
“She would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.”
Shes now realizing that she now has the freedom to be free she can speak her mind and do what she wants and she now realizes that when people try cage her or change her she can't listen because they don't have the right to try and tell her what to do.This is empowering because she now feels empowered because she knows that anything is possible and is going to go on and live freely
"Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering.
This shows that her grieving has been switched with pure joy and a sense of freedom this empowering because she has finally stop letting someone who held her back still hold her back after their passing.