Madama Butterfly Review

Madama Butterfly is a story about a geisha who falls in love with American navy  Lieutenant. In the animated cartoon it has a lot of metaphoric messages. The beginning of the movie it starts with a butterfly. I believe the butterfly stands for her spirit and symbolic of her love and dedication, it represents Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly). The next scene shows MB and her lover in the grass having passionate sex. He has a phonograph player that keeps playing a tune ( Una nave da guerra)The lieutenant then leaves and leaves MB with the phonograph and his hat and also a baby developing inside her womb. He tells her lies that he will be come back for her. Her being madly and stupidly in love waits for him. Her belly got bigger and she gives birth to a fish. The fish is a metaphoric symbol because in Japanese culture it is a symbolic affection of love and it is also a symbol for children. The baby grows up and is flying like a kite. Kite in Japanese culture where mainly used as a religions and thanks giving occasions.  This is the reason she is flying the baby as a kite. The next scene the baby is using her as a kite, stating that the baby started taking care of her because she is missing the lieutenant so much the only piece that she has left of him is their child. While flying MB sees the lieutenant ship and gets excited. She awaits him on top of the hill. Two days later he arrives in the car with a strange woman (who happens to be his wife) he comes and still the baby and waves goodbye to MB. Being so heartbroken she runs away and begins to dismember herself starting with her skin. She then dismember her limbs and her head and cuts off the light. MB dismember her limbs and head stand for the heart break and her turning off the light stand for her death. The butterfly appears again at the end of the video, representing her spirit.