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Reality And Deceptions In David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly

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To quote John-Jacques Rousseau, “To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness”. The initial dominating reaction that is elicited when confronted with the overwhelming reality and deceptions of the world reveals much about a person’s character. In David Henry Hwang’s play M. Butterfly, Rene Gallimard is sentenced to prison for treason against France due to his crime of relaying classified information to chinese Spy, Song Liling. He is guilty of this crime due to the reality that Song deceived him by posing as a chinese woman and acting as his lover. In light of his unfortunate imprisonment, Gallimard tries to regain control over his situation and surroundings by manipulating his memories, and create an alternate reality where everything
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