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Misinterpreted Identities

A person may search their whole life for love. Some are lucky enough to find the perfect someone, and some are not. The one's who are not as lucky can sometimes create their own idea of their ideal partner, but never actually find them. In D.H. Hwang's play M. Butterfly, a man by the name of Gallimard creates his own idea of the perfect partner. He falls in love with a woman by the name of Song, who turns out to be not what he expected. Song is actuality a Chinese spy disguised as a woman. Hwang illustrates in the play M. Butterfly, people are not always who they perceive to be. Through Gallimards love for song, his portrayal for the East and West, and Gallimards obsession with power, M. Butterfly, demonstrates the different views of power and weakness that symbolized masculinity and femininity.
Gallimard does not find out that Song is indeed a man until the end of the play. By this time, Gallimard is already completely in love with......

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