'Shrugging the shoulders' General Collections Keywords: darwin, charles {1809-1882} Plate VI, fig. 2: "The figures 1 and 2 in Plate VI. are fairly good representations of men simulating indignation. Any one may see in a mirror, if he will vividly imagine that he has been insulted and demands an explanation in an angry tone of voice, that he suddenly and unconsciously throws himself into some such attitude."