If anyone takes a look at the Chinese map of the Qing period and that of current years, it can be easily noticed that there has not been many changes in the borders. After inheriting the vast Qing Empire, Da Qing Guo, the Republican government could preserve the entire border territories of Qing, with its diplomatic strategies, only except for Outer Mongolia (Kirby, 437). In current years as well, Chinese government pays lots of attention to policies for territorial and sovereignty issues. As proved in the analysis of major territorial disputes with its neighboring countries, China’s diplomatic strategies are now different from those of the Republican period.The Republican period was a busy time for China, because so many important matters happened simultaneously. Above all, that period was when the governance system was shifting fundamentally from imperial to republican. In addition, there were various territorial problems; Japan was..<중 략>
Among the most frequently used symbolic apparatuses are the negative symbols of women. Actually women as femme fatale or as dangerous beings in relationship with men has been evidenced in many works in the past, as argued by a critic of art and literature Mario Praz that “Fatal Women” have always appeared in mythology and literature (qtd. in Anderson 2), which shows that motif of negative female is a part of literary tradition. In this aspect, The Snows of Kilimanjaro continues the tradition of negative female representation, considering that it focuses on the detrimental influence of women on the main character’s writing career when it describes his past life. In The Snows of Kilimanjaro, depiction of spiritual repression by females signifies that it is as much about criticizing F. Scott Fitzgerald as it is about Hemingway himself, as shown in both its novel and film versions.In order to elaborate on Hemingway’s use of symbolism to negatively characterize..<중 략>