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The film could be interpreted to be homoerotic as several themes point to homosexuality and suggest something about the characters involved. Jack is struggling with his sexuality, throughout the film he bounces forwards and backwards with Marla. His alter ego, Tyler, establishes a heavy sexual relationship with Marla, whereas Jack claims to hate her. Tyler and Jack make a 'No Shirts' rule at fight club, seeming to serve no purpose other than to emphasise the animalistic
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fight club could be interpreted to be homoerotic as several themes within the film have elements that point to homosexuality and suggest something about the characters involved
The film could be interpreted to be homoerotic as several themes point to homosexuality and suggest something about the characters involved. Jack is struggling with his sexuality, throughout the film he bounces forwards and backwards with Marla. His alter ego, Tyler, establishes a heavy sexual relationship with Marla, whereas Jack claims to hate her. Tyler and Jack make a 'No Shirts' rule at fight club, seeming to serve no purpose other than to emphasise the animalistic
The film could be interpreted to be homoerotic as several themes point to homosexuality and suggest something about the characters involved. Jack is struggling with his sexuality, throughout the film he bounces forwards and backwards with Marla. His alter ego, Tyler, establishes a heavy sexual relationship with Marla, whereas Jack claims to hate her. Tyler and Jack make a 'No Shirts' rule at fight club, seeming to serve no purpose other than to emphasise the animalistic
Fight Club could be interpreted to be homoerotic as several themes within the film have elements that point to homosexuality and suggest something about the characters involved. Jack is struggling with his sexuality, throughout the film he bounces forwards and backwards with Marla. His alter ego, Tyler, establishes a heavy sexual relationship with Marla, whereas Jack claims to hate her, this is because she gets in between Jack and Tyler, Jack perhaps taking this as rejection, She'd invaded my support groups, now she's invading my home. Tyler represents the masculine figure that Jack wants to be, but perhaps also serves to keep his heterosexuality intact or even to reject it, keeping it separate from himself. Jack seems to feel insecure about his sexuality; Marla notices the kiss scar on his hand and asks who did it, guy or girl? Jack responds defensively why would you ask if its a guy or girl?!. Reacting to Marla in such a way has implications of being in denial or the closet. Tyler and Jack make a No Shirts rule at fight club, seeming to serve no purpose other than to emphasise the animalistic atmosphere in the club. The rule reinforces the homoerotic image of fight club, a large group of men congregate several times a week to fight each other in a basement, shirtless. Sometimes you could hear the flat hard packing sounds, Jack tells us about the noises of the fights, and even more audible are the punches without shirts. The basis that fight club was formed on was to become men, to reach that ideal perception of masculinity, yet it seems to have underlying tones of homosexuality, A guy comes to fight club for the first time, his ass is a wad of cookie dough. Jack becomes jealous of Tylers attraction to Angelface, I am Jacks enflamed sense of rejection. Again someone has come between Jack and Tyler. This could be Jacks way of trying to stamp out his homosexuality as if he hates it, in his quest to become the most masculine figure possible. Jack proceeds to beat Angelface at the next fight club, to the point that his once-pretty face is now horribly disfigured. After the fight Jack says: I wanted to destroy something beautiful. You could interpret Jacks actions as an attack on the feminised man, and his own sexuality, perhaps to prevent himself from feeling an attraction to Angelface. It appears that Jack uses Tyler as a way to manage his sexual confusion, Tyler being the heterosexual half, as he has an avid interest in Marla for their sexual encounters. Together they search for what makes a man a man, Is that what a man looks like?, Tyler However in several cases Tyler seems to lean towards the homosexual, with his apparent interest in Angelface, and his obsession with castration. Castration conveys complete emasculation, like with Bob at the testicular cancer support group. Castration is seen as a way to deprive a man of his masculinity, fertility and libido. Towards the end of the film, Tyler orders Jacks castration in the event that he tries to ruin Project Mayhem. This would be a setback in his quest for masculinity as he tries to improve his relationship with Marla, and embrace his new persona (after realising he is Tyler).