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Cruelty In Giacomo Puccini's Opera 'Turandot'

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The opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini portrays the embodiment of cruelty in killing men who fail to answer three riddles correctly. This malicious Princess Turandot takes pleasure in shedding blood, seeking evenness on men due to a heinous act committed upon the reigned Princess Lo-u-Ling. Princess Turandot’s acceptance and reverence to society as a woman inflicting her pitiless on men. The ideas about the link between gender roles are socially constructed, with the conceptual stereotype being revolutionized. Turandot views are like some today's modern-day feminist.

Throughout the opera, Princess Turandot was appearance violent execution in retribution to the reigned Princess. The act of one man results in the death of dozens who wished …show more content…

In the opera Turandot, the men are lusting over Princess Turandot for her beauty and power, Greer states “status ought not to be measured by a women ability to attract and snare a man.” argued that it’s a struggle for women to “define their own values, order their own priorities and decide their own fate.” (‘The Female Eunuch Quotes’, Germaine Greer) In the opera, Turandot renounces on her pledge and pleads with her father not to abandon her with Calaf. Her being a feared powerful leader having self-definition and self-determination as a princess but finding out the princes name is her only hope of escape. Seeking to find out the strangers name Princess Turandot does anything she can to resist marriage, questioning anyone who was seen with Calaf. In suspicion, Princess Turandot apprehended Timur, the King of Tartary and Liù, a slave girl who is deeply involved with Prince Calaf. The arrest soon becomes an interrogation, resulting in Liù being tortured in request of the strangers' identity. In the opera “Turandot asks Liù, what gives her astonishing strength? “Love,” Liù says” (‘Turandot’, Giacomo Puccini) Fearing that Prince Calaf may risk his life to save Liù, she quickly grabs a dagger, killing herself. The Prince suddenly passionately kisses Princesses Turandot, experiencing what love feels

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