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Eunuchs have appeared in many films, works of literature, and in popular culture. Anime and manga In the Japanese anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (R2), the de facto rulers of the oligarchic Chinese Federation comprise a group of eight eunuchs called "High Eunuchs". In the manga Red River, one of the main villains, Urhi, is a eunuch. Eunuchs feature prominently in the anime Raven of the Inner Palace, which takes place in a fictionalized version of ancient China. Comics The titular character of That Yellow Bastard (February–July 1996), a limited comic book series, the sixth in Dark Horse Comics' Sin City series, is a eunuch. (The series was adapted as a film, titled Sin City (2005), also known as Frank Miller's Sin City.) Films Eunuchs appear often as villains in Hong Kong kung fu and wuxia films set in ancient China. For example, the films Dragon Inn (Xin long men ke zhan), Butterfly and Sword (Xin liu xing hu die jian), and A Touch of Zen (Hsia nu) all feature a eunuch or a group of eunuchs as the main villain. A popular eunuch villain used in ancient China stories is Eunuch Wei, who is based on a historical figure named Wei Zhongxian. Eunuch villains are usually in charge of powerful political posts, such as being the leader of the East Chamber. In Mel Brooks's comedy History of the World, Part I (1981), under the section of "The Roman Empire", an entire scene is devoted to a joke about eunuchs, the length of African genitals, and the song, "Caldonia"; all rolled into one. Secret Service of the Imperial Court (1984), also called Police Pool of Blood, features a cruel eunuch named Wang. The Last Emperor (1987), Bernardo Bertolucci. In the Disney animated film Mulan (1998), the character Chi-Fu is a royal advisor that has been attached to Captain Li Shang's forces. Due to his effeminate demeanor, nature as a royal advisor to the Emperor of China and the historical nature of the film, he would be assumed to be a eunuch. The Last Eunuch (1988), a Chinese biographical film directed by Zhang Zhiliang, tells the story of Sun Yaoting, who saw the last royal palace's extravagant lifestyle and experienced the breakdown of the last imperial empire and felt the new changes brought by the new age. In Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), the Grand Turk attempts to entertain the Baron playing his musical torture device and singing "The Torturer's Apprentice" before the eunuchs of his harem join to give a chorus performance called "A Eunuch's Life is Hard". The film Farinelli (1994) is about the castrato singer Farinelli. The documentary film Bombay Eunuch (2001) examines the changing role of India's hijras, some of whom are also eunuchs. The documentary film American Eunuchs (2003) investigates the underworld of modern eunuchs in America. In the film One Night With the King (2006), Hadassah's (Esther's) would-be boyfriend, Jesse, is captured by the Persian empire and castrated. The documentary film Kiss the Moon (2010), set in Pakistan, portrays three generations of eunuchs examining the ancient rituals and religious beliefs surrounding their community. Nilkantho treats the plight of the Indian hijras with sensitivity. In Murder 2 (2011), by Emraan Hashmi, the antagonist castrates himself and becomes a eunuch. The Eunuch and the Flute Player (2017), directed by Kaushik Ganguly Games In the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015), the loyal servant and bookie of head Redanian Intelligence Sigismund Dijkstra is a eunuch, called Happen the Eunuch. He takes care of the Bathhouse in Novigrad, which is open to both sexes. Literature Pre-19th century Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy by the Roman playwright Terence. Several tales of the Arabian Nights focus on eunuchs. The character of the Pardoner in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (late 14th century), is implied to be a eunuch or homosexual. In William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night (c. 1601), Viola initially decides to disguise herself as a eunuch named Cesario in order to serve Duke Orsino. In The Country Wife (1675) by William Wycherley, the main character, Mr. Horner, pretends to be a man turned eunuch by impotence caused by syphilis, in order to gain access to the bedrooms of married women. Eunuchs feature prominently in Montesquieu's novel Lettres Persanes (1722) about Persian visitors to 18th-century France. One of the characters that Voltaire's Candide (1759) meets on his adventures is a eunuch. In Tristram Shandy (1759) by Laurence Sterne, Tristram has an accident with a window and Uncle Toby has a war injury. Vathek by William Beckford — alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek — was written in 1782 in French but first published in English with a translation by Reverend Samuel Henley (1786). The first French edition, Vathek, was published in 1786. The character of Vathek is a caliph who has a retinue of eunuchs. 19th century Don Juan (1819–1824) by Lord Byron, in Cantos V and VI, has a eunuch from the Sultan's harem. The eunuch buys Juan, a non-Muslim, as a slave, brings him to the sultan's palace in Constantinople, and threatens to castrate him if he does not put on a dress. Juan is presented to the sultan as Juanna and spends the night in the women's quarters. The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1874) by Gustave Flaubert is set during one night in the late 3rd or early 4th century in the Egyptian desert. The character Montanus is a eunuch. 20th century The Daughter of Heaven, originally published as La Fille du Ciel (1911) by Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, translated by Ruth Helen Davis (1913) In Robert E. Howard's short story "The Scarlet Citadel" (1933), the main antagonist has a eunuch prison guard named Shukeli, in whom normal human passions have been replaced by extreme sadism. In Constant Lambert's Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline, the title alludes to a short passage in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra: ALL: The music, ho! Enter Mardian the Eunuch. CLEOPATRA: Let it alone; let's to billiards. The eunuch Manan is a major character in The Tombs of Atuan (1971), the second book from Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series. The story largely takes place in a large convent where no men are allowed, so a number of other eunuchs are mentioned. One among them is Duby, who Manan plays a stick game with. Bagoas, the eunuch favorite of Alexander the Great's, is the main character and narrator of The Persian Boy (1972), an historical novel by Mary Renault. The Alteration (1976) by Kingsley Amis is an "alternative history" set in 20th-century England about a boy soprano and eunuch. Suttree (1979) by Cormac McCarthy has a eunuch named Thersites who yells at passersby from his window in McAnally Flats. Castrati singers in 18th-century Italy are the main characters of Anne Rice's novel Cry to Heaven (1982). The Queen Salmissra, in David Eddings' series The Belgariad (1982–1984) and The Malloreon (1987–1991), is only allowed to be served by eun.... Discover the Marj Charlier popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Marj Charlier books.
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The Holy Bible - King James Version
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Little Women
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The Art of War
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Dracula
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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