Tale Of Kieu

The Tale of Kieu is a story about a girl named Thuy Kieu and her many adventures and misshapes as she is trying to find love but instead finds herself being sold from brothel to brothel. She originally came from a wealthy family but after her family was framed by a silk dealer, their money was taken away by the government, and her brother and father were facing imprisonment. The only way her family could survive was for Kieu to sell herself to Scholar Mã. He ends up being a pimp and sells Kieu to a brothel. I believe one of the themes of this story is, romantic love is not for everyone. Even though Kieu longed for a husband in the beginning of this story at the end she just wanted to be friends with her former fiancé, Kim Trọng, after they were finely reunited. This, I believe, was from the traumatic experiences and betrayal throughout the story. One was most defiantly the brothels, but I think the main reason she dose not …show more content…
She gets to a Buddhist temple where she is safe until Giac Duyen resizes she had stolen property and was thrown out. This is when Kieu meets Tur Hai, a revolutionary army leader. They get married, living together for five years. Things turn for the worst when they were tricked by Ho Ton Hien, this leads to the innovation of the small kingdom the rained over. Tur Hai dies and Ho Ton Hien rapes Kieu, she is absolutely devastated and throws herself into the Tien Durong river. This is where I believe she lost all hope in finds a significant other. She finally was a peace and everything was ripped out from under her just like when she was young. Thankfully, Giac Duyen saves her from the river. At the end she is reunited with her faience from the beginning but with a different outlook. She decides to keep him as a friend. The author rights, “Lf love and friendship they fulfilled both claims—they shared no bed but joys of lute and verse.” Kieu finely obtained peace, sipping wine and playing games of