I guess there could be spoilers so if you haven't seen it don't lookcastortroy415August 22 2005, 23:02:01 UTC
Well.....theoretically speaking you could say that all of them end up happy (I speak of the main male characters)
Marv - Finds "Goldie" again and finds peace in the fact that to him "Goldie" represents the kind of caring lov, affection, and attention that he was never recieved. It was through his avenging Goldie's death that he gained redemption and was able to be loved.
Dwight - Is reunited with his one true love, Gail. He discovers that just as he cannot run from his "destiny" to do good, or bad in this case, he cannot run from what he had with Gail. Reclaims his place as the King and benefactor of Old Town with Gail, his queen, by his side.
Hartigan - I think he of all the characters, ended up the happiest and found the most peace. For years he had harbored a love for Nancy in his heart, through all he was going through. Not a romantic love, but love like that for a daughter. When he finally gets out and goes to rescue her, he discovers that this love was return, although not in kind, but still, that Nancy had kept him in her heart. In his final act of sacrifice, he commits the most complete and altruistic act of love. As seen by the final frame and final words, he has made peace with himself. He does not hesititate, he does what he knows is necessary. In the end, it would be hard to deny that he found not only true peace, but true happiness, in that he did everything he could for his surrogate daughter, the love of his life, Nancy.
So to answer your question is shorter words - I do believe that there is happiness to be fouund within each of the three vignettes. For each is an example, as blood-soaked and neo-noirish as it is, of man's struggle with acceptance, destiny, and love.
Marv - Finds "Goldie" again and finds peace in the fact that to him "Goldie" represents the kind of caring lov, affection, and attention that he was never recieved. It was through his avenging Goldie's death that he gained redemption and was able to be loved.
Dwight - Is reunited with his one true love, Gail. He discovers that just as he cannot run from his "destiny" to do good, or bad in this case, he cannot run from what he had with Gail. Reclaims his place as the King and benefactor of Old Town with Gail, his queen, by his side.
Hartigan - I think he of all the characters, ended up the happiest and found the most peace. For years he had harbored a love for Nancy in his heart, through all he was going through. Not a romantic love, but love like that for a daughter. When he finally gets out and goes to rescue her, he discovers that this love was return, although not in kind, but still, that Nancy had kept him in her heart. In his final act of sacrifice, he commits the most complete and altruistic act of love. As seen by the final frame and final words, he has made peace with himself. He does not hesititate, he does what he knows is necessary. In the end, it would be hard to deny that he found not only true peace, but true happiness, in that he did everything he could for his surrogate daughter, the love of his life, Nancy.
So to answer your question is shorter words - I do believe that there is happiness to be fouund within each of the three vignettes. For each is an example, as blood-soaked and neo-noirish as it is, of man's struggle with acceptance, destiny, and love.
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