The theme of this particular scene is that with experience comes wisdom. In the scene Shu Lien, a legendary swordsman, and Jen, an empress with a lot of potential duke it out to see who’s stronger and in turn will decide who will make the decision about Jen’s life which seems to have taken a turn for the worst. Jen is using the legendary sword the Green Destiny which complements her skills and makes her formidable to Shu Lien but without the sword she is a novice incapable of making sound decisions whereas Shu Lien is much older, has more experience, and has had to make hard decisions her whole life.
In the scene the uses of shape and movement reiterate the theme. The use of shape is used with the use of different weapons. The use of different weapons in a skillful manner signifies more experience and maturity which signifies wisdom as well because it takes a lot of time, patience, and skill to use multiple weapons. In the scene Shu Lien the older more mature legendary swordsman wields multiple weapons of different sizes and shapes in her fight against Jen while Jen relies heavily on the Green Destiny sword. Not only does Shu Lien wield the weapons but each weapon she uses shows formidability against the Green Destiny,that belongs to the legendary swordsman Li Mu Bai, which proves that it’s not the weapon that makes the swordsman it’s the swordsman that makes the sword. Thus, Jen clear difficulty at competing against each weapon’s signifies two things: one; Shu Lien is more experienced meaning she’s wiser and Jen should listen to her suggestions, two; Jen is very inexperienced meaning little wisdom and should listen to Shu Lien. Movement also reiterates the theme because the Shu Lien is very powerful, tight, and steady with her movements as she attacks Jen, while Jen is very loose and wobbly with hers. This is easy seen as Shu Lien masterfully handles her multiple weapons with ease and as the Green Destiny shakes back and forth in Jens hand as she battles. The differences in movement signifies that Shu Lien one again is more skillful and experienced and therefore wiser. This is confirmed when Shu Lien wins the fight and spares Jen and as Jen ungratefully cuts Shu Lien with a sneaky and defiant move of the sword Green Destiny.
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