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Swaddling Clothes

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by:

Yukio Mishima

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Characters

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Toshiko- the wife of a handsome and successful Japanese actor.

Yukio Mishima-Like Toshiko’s husband, the nurse is a character who has been negatively affected by modern, westernized Japanese life.

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The Nurse-Like Toshiko’s husband, she seems unconcerned with the moral implications of her pregnancy and delivery out of wedlock.

Homeless Youth-the homeless youth functions more as a symbol than a character.

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Toshiko can't forget the baby born in her own nursery on the floor. The nanny did not even mentioned about her pregnancy.

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While her husband

acts like it was a joke!

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Toshiko cannot forget that memory about the poor little baby.

Toshiko worry about what will happen to the baby when he grows...

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What will happen to someone's life if it started so badly?????

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Culture presented:

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The "culture clash" depicted in "Swaddling Clothes" is unique because it is expressed through the struggle of traditional Japanese morals and ethics sustaining itself under the powerful influence of western modernization.

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  • The story shows the painful flow of an empty Japanese marriage, a union characterized by a husband absent emotionally and physically.
  • The inequality on people.

Values Shown

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  • Kindness and concern of a person to other people
  • Valuing the importance of life
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