WOULD YOU PUSH THE BUTTON ? A MORAL DILEMMA BUTTON, BUTTON WOULD YOU PUSH THE BUTTON ?

Button, Button IN THIS SHORT STORY, A MAN AND A WIFE LIVE A COMFORTABLE LIFE. ONE DAY, THEY RECEIVE A MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE WHERELIES A BUTTON UNIT. A NOTE IS ATTACHED THAT EXPLAINS THAT A MAN WILL KNOCK AT THEIR DOOR AT 8 PM. THE MAN WILL PRESENT A PROPOSAL: "If they push the button, somewhere in the world, someone they don't know will die. In return for which they will receive a payment of $50,000."

A Moral Dilemma A moral dilemma can be defined as a situation that will often involve an apparent mental conflict in which each possible course of action will breach some binding moral principle.

THE BOX

The Box Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFm-6N4QbBQ WARNING THE BOX IS BASED ON THIS SHORT STORY, HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN THE FILM SUCH AS: NORMA AND ARTHUR ARE WEALTHY THE VALUE IS ONE MILLION DOLLARS THE ENDING IS COMPLETEY DIFFERENT

WOULD YOU PUSH THE BUTTON?

ANALYSIS WHAT FACTORS DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER IN RELATION TO PRESSING THE BUTTON? WHAT TYPE OF CONFLICT IS PRESENT? WHY DO YOU THINK THE HUSBAND WAS THE ONE TO DIE? WHAT/WHO DOES MR. STEWARD SYMBOLIZE? WHAT DOES THE BUTTON UNIT SYMBOLIZE? FIND AN EXAMPLE OF FORESHADOWING. FIND AN EXAMPLE OF IRONY. WHAT IS THE THEME ?