Talk:The Story of Tấm and Cám
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This version of the story shows up as the second result in a simple google search for "Tam and Cam." --71.98.107.200 04:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Explanation for the ending[edit]
The Vietnamese motif for stories in general ends with the "Protagonist" killing the "Antagonist" (Truyện Kiều by Nguyễn Du for example) or for other reasons the Antagonist die (Thạch Sanh (folk tale) for example). It is therefore not uncommon, and in Vietnam, when the Ministry of Education eliminated this ending and replace it with Tam reunites with her husband, everyone says it is the logic of the story to kill Cam and her mother. The first reason is that by making Cam become food, Tam is much less cruel than many other attempts to enact capital punishment in reality. Second, it is the continuation of the previous part, and Tam is still regarded a Protagonist in this scene. Most importantly, making Cam food disallow Cam's spirit to be reborn (according to the traditional Vietnamese view on Buddhism), therefore the Evil may not return to life. Therefore, Tam should not be called an antagonist even at the end, for this is not the general Vietnamese view. 117.0.173.71 (talk) 09:32, 29 October 2013 (UTC)