Since these critics' work on the body spans several texts and has developed over time, it is difficult to encapsulate the ideas of either Baudrillard or Butler in a simple summary, but the statting points of their theses can nonetheless be identified. The Swede's youthful athleticism therefore carries the suggestion of success later in life. ...his sign value (the social status afforded to his handsome appearance) is strengthened because it is juxtaposed against the image of his brother. ...it shows that perfection cannot be continued indefinitely, that either the illusion breaks or the individual does. ...his initial image of physical difference is an indicator of what is to come.