Gale and Evelle are single, boorish macho men without any attachments who taunt H.I. about his apparent emasculation by Ed, while Smalls is a larger - than - life lone ranger who answers to no one and lacks any sense of morality (even Gale and Evelle are shown to care about Nathan Junior's welfare). (sensesofcinema.com)
Artistically, John Donne's famous poem «Death Be Not Proud» paints a picture of death's emasculation in the face of resurrection. (firstthings.com)
Further, a stylistic canon within the canon abides, as various venerable verses evaded emasculation, such as «Man shall not live on bread alone» and «The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.» (firstthings.com)