In the New World, Aztecs believed that dying in certain ways led to different post-death existences: a man who died in battle would become a humming bee that would bring on the sunrise, a woman who died in childbirth would be reborn into a goddess that would bring on the sunset, sacrificed victims became one with the sun and a person who died an ordinary, undistinguished death would go to the underworld realm of Mictlan. ... This invisible, God-given doctrine protected them, although not always entirely, from usurpers and those who wished to challenge their rule. ... Greek tradition was simila...

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Social institutions, culture, and socialization are all a part of an invisible set of society's rules that make inequality acceptable. ... This is equivalent to the invisible hierarchies demonstrated by the brand of bread we purchase, or the amount of French cooking appliances we indulge in, or the records we collect (People Like Us). ...

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However, the future ceases to be a utopia when the Time Traveler realizes that a separate species, known at the Morlocks, have been reduced to subterranean man-eaters who hunt the above-ground Elois. ... For instance, in both the present and the future, the working class tends to be invisible or hard to find. ... Consequently, a changing environment may not always produce desirable changes in man, therefore disproving the Social Darwinism argument that those who thrive in a given environment are naturally superior. ... Although the Time Traveler is in the distant future of 802,701 AD, tools an...

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In comparison to aristocracy, we see Marechal reconfirming his social status when he calls the cow in the shed 'a poor cow' just like himself, a 'poor man'. ... In the final scenes of the film, Rosenthal tells Marechal that the Swiss-German border was "man-made and invisible" and that "nature doesn't give a damn". ...

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The traditional idea of a 'man' had been taken away, which was creating false expectations, and when these expectations aren't met, they take control of their life in terms of violence, attempting to show masculinity in a different way. ...

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