The author himself says that through the concurrence of fantasy and reality that are presented in the play, he is asking whether it is really possible to see the truth, to see the authenticity about a culture, about a loved one, or even ourselves.

This description is designed to be complete with strong emotions, feelings and almost visual images that are inevitable part of the process. Nevertheless, it is also a birth and a process of discovery and struggle that people experience. Somehow, in the way it can be compared to the changing of a child to an adult. The author appeal to it so the reader can compare the transformation of the butterfly to the transformation of life and the way we change as people.

The word “butterfly” is used not at random. The device of the author is that the work contains two worlds: a world of fantasy on the butterfly shape platform, and a world of reality in the off-white area surrounding the butterfly platforms. Racial conflict intervenes with the conflict in love that mingles individual feelings with the national problems. Nonetheless, this is the story about deception and romance. Unfortunately racial prejudices effect people greatly and cause many problems that are very difficult to resolve. He and his wife also appear to despise Chinese culture, and complain about how the Chinese value its great antiquity. To see the proof from the very play we may consider the moment when Gallimard complains that the Chinese are arrogant, a view that he learned in Paris where, according to him, it is a common belief. Now and then, we see numerous prejudices that effect people’s life. Negative Western images of the Chinese occur frequently throughout the play. First of all, he had to show these stereotypes in operation. Hwang set out to write a play that would deconstruct the race and gender stereotypes that the West has adopted in its dealings with Eastern culture. He points prejudices that may negatively influence people and thus, destroy peaceful living. Hwang explores the stereotypes that underlie and distort relations between Eastern and Western culture, and between men and women. This almost unbelievable but true story stimulated Hwang’s imagination, and from it he created a drama that plays with ideas on a grand scale and manages at the same time to be witty and entertaining. Butterfly is one of the most celebrated of recent American plays. Analysis of David Henry Hwang`s M Butterflyĭavid Henry Hwang’s M.

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