Masculinity In Brokeback Mountain

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In Brokeback Mountain, Jake and Ennis lead a same-sex relationship, explicitly keeping their virile traits and portrayed as not becoming effeminate in their relationship. It is admissible that Ang Lee manages to embody both Jack and Ennis’ manly factors while illustrating the endearment the both of them have for one another. Ang Lee emancipate Ennis and Jack’s roles as a leading and responsible parent. This heartens the viewers of their ‘all but normal’ masculinity. This important aspect is displayed in the film to highlight the fact that Ennis and Jack’s yearning for one another do not contradict their manliness. Brokeback Mountain wants to prove that sexual orientation does not explicate one’s level of manliness. Therefore, the relationship

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