Comparing Movie And Poem Of Mulan During The Han Dynasty

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The movie and poem of Mulan both explain the story of a young woman named Mulan who lives in China during the Han Dynasty. However, the movie and poem describe the same story in different ways. There are many differences between the movie and ode of Mulan but the changes in the plot that stood out to me were the following. In the ode, Mulan buys a horse, saddle, whip and bridle meanwhile in the movie she already has a horse and all the tack she needs. The main difference that the movie and poem have is, in the movie it describes that Mulan's father and mother do not want her to go to war. In the movie she sneaks out to go to war secretly, in the ode it says “...And serve in the army in Father's place,” her parents call for her in the

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