... James, Miss Moran sarcastically tells Minnie, "wasn't it[his fall] stupid of him-( 71 ). In the second scene, Minnie emasculates James by verbally berating him after he accuses her of falling in love with "the oily little Chink[Liu]-( 76 ). In a powerful assertion of her hatred for James, Minnie cries, "For all your[James] six feet of grossness, your small soul ... "small soul,"" implying that real men' possess traits which James lacks as evident by his inability to "protect and care- for Minnie or their child(77). In the end, James leaves without argument or protest, symbolizing Minnie...

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