In the movie Hero by Zhang Yimou, the assassin Nameless fails to kill the king of Qin, who will go on to
become the emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. Explain how the movie makes use of Daoist and Confucian ideas. Be
sure to provide concrete descriptions to set up and support the different pieces of your analysis. At the time of
its release, the movie was criticized for its seeming affirmation of the legitimacy of totalitarian rule. Do you think
Daoist and Confucian ideas necessitate totalitarianism? In what way does the movie cause us to reconsider
Daoist and Confucianism
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