Farewell My Concubine
What metaphors are used in Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee?
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Prostitution serves as a metaphor for the judgment powerful people often subject upon those who are weaker. Note, weakness ferers to those who are poverty stricken and living without even the most basic of needs, particularly, those forced into the sex trade in order to survive.
Farewell My Concubine