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    There is also a 400 pound man on the boat. The problem is the boat can only hold ten normal size people. Having said that, the group has to come up with a decision for their survival; so what should they do? Below are the conversations among the passengers. Consequentialist: If this man is too heavy and he’s going to make the lifeboat sink, we need to decide what to do. Should we throw him overboard? We have to save ourselves. Morally we know that if we throw him overboard he will drown and we will

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    The Piano Movie Analysis

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    silence as her protest against patriarchy, and the toxic masculinity of her husband, all while utilizing her piano and her daughter to communicate for her. The film begins with the main character Ada and her daughter Flora, being shipped off to marry a man she has never met before named Stewart. Accompanying them is Ada’s piano which holds a significant amount of importance to her. In the very beginning of the film she says, “I have not spoken since I was 6 years old” As a result, her only way of communicating

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    being a man. For example, “See the guy with the studded leather vest and the skull-and-crossbones bandana around his head.”. Also, the dad and son wasn’t looking at themselves when they were looking at the other men. Further on all they have to do is worry about themselves and not the way people are dressed. Clearly the dad is trying to teach his son to be a man. But, in him doing that, they were pointing the flaws out in people. The dad is doing his job, but he went little too overboard. Picking

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    Don’t ever talk that way to me! ‘Pig – Polack – disgusting – vulgar – greasy!’ – them kind of words have been on your tongue and your sister’s too much around here! What do you think you two are? A pair of queens? Remember what Huey Long said – ‘Every Man is a King!’ And I am the King around here, so don’t forget it!” (Scene

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    If you looked up the phrase “toxic masculinity” in the dictionary, you’d find a picture of Tom Buchanan next to the definition. Toxic masculinity is when a man feels the need to exert dominance over everyone around him. In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is the stereotypical, one-dimensional character who is the domineering man that’s always in the way. Tom Buchanan feels the need to constantly remind himself and others of his dominance. This is shown from the way that he holds himself, to the way

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    As “The third wave moved forward, huge, furious, implacable,” (Crane) the men went overboard and they were under the complete mercies of the sea. Here, Crane portrays the oiler, “swimming strongly and rapidly” (Crane) towards the shore, while the other men lingered behind, holding on to whatever helped them float. Crane also shows how “The

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    article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Catherine R King Of course, when we think we have found the man for our dreams, we tend to do everything that can to keep him. However, one should remember that the dates (especially the first one) is not just about developing his views or opinions about you. It 's about knowing the basics of each other and deciding

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    “Men are rats, listen to me, they’re fleas on rats, worse than that, they’re amoebas on fleas on rats. I mean, they’re too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy.” In both of the movies Grease and Love Wrecked both of the men that play in the movies change at the end of the movie for a girl. In the movie Grease Danny changes for Sandy even though all of his friends though that she was a goody two shoes. In the movie Love Wrecked Ryan changes himself for Jenny

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    household and helps Odysseus murder every one of them. “Skulls cracked, the hideous groans of dying men were heard, and the whole floor ran with blood” (338). When the blood has been spilled, Telemachus has become a man in the eyes of his father. Telemachus, through the trials he faces, becomes a man, and Odysseus, through his

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    Role Of Women In Beowulf

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    Throughout the novel Beowulf, women can be looked at as unimportant, but from Campbell’s excerpt one can see how the role of women in Beowulf is as essential as the role of men. Throughout the course of Beowulf, many men take part in acts of protection, bravery, and sacrifice, but what many do not notice is the roles women have taking part in those same actions. Although women’s acts of protection, bravery, and sacrifice in this novel seem to be minor and not as celebrated as the men’s acts, they

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