Their presence, however performative, was a visual symbol of status, that this man’s death was a true tragedy.

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This sad tale is one of a noble rescue but also what time at sea can do to a man; its power to grant riches and take away just as easily. 

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Images are from short film The Curse of Micah Rood (dir. Alec Asten, 2008) which you can find on youtube and vimeo.

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Plus their display is pretty unimaginative, next to Mickey Easterling, a New Orleans socialite known for her extravagant parties, who didn’t want to miss out on her final one. At her own funeral she was seated centre-stage with her signature feather boa, a cigarette in one hand and a champagne flute in the other.

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The idea that true heroics require silence - how deep does this run? And to what extent does trope in folklore inform masculinity today?

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Images: Jean-Baptiste Peytavin 1808, Mary Evans c1910, Gustave Doré 1832-33, 'Merlin's Prophecy,' National Library of France 1290-1300

It gives quite an insight into the relative gravity of each of these ‘transgressions’ within cultural mores at the time. Watson still lies in his crossroads grave just outside of Holbeach.

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Illustration: Pedler Russell