A MORAL DILEMMA BUTTON BUTTON WOULD YOU PUSH

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=w. Fm-6 N 4 Qb. BQ 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 THEME ?