Munny's Journey In Unforgiven

He realizes that no one can hurt him. Now that he knows that, he kills more often simply for sport. This turns him from misunderstood to a monster.

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Stops dwelling on his actions in order to stop feeling sympathy or guilt, which allows him to cope with killing others

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From this initial description, we expect Munny to be the typical Western outlaw. Instead we are shown a man who can’t even separate sick hogs from the healthy ones. Munny is covered in mud with greying hair and is thoroughly disheveled. When he and the Schofield Kid enter his home, we are given further insight into what type of man Munny is. His house is dark inside; there isn’t much natural light coming in through the small windows or the open door. The interior walls are covered in mud and there’s a dirt floor. The house is a mismatch of crookedly stacked bricks and wood sided additions. Crooked and differently sized logs make up the roof. The house is overall not well built and gives off the feeling of just getting by. All of these aspects reflect the initial description we get of Munny. There is no indication of the man redeemed by his wife, the man who hasn’t had a lick of liquor for ten years and who only wishes to provide for his kids and live a simple life. Instead we see the reflection of a man who has mainly known violence, killing, and

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At the time the movie was made, for instance, terrorism was at its lowest point it had been in twenty years which clearly resembles Munny’s dormant living style. The Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) interrupts Munny’s quiescence way of life, trying to get Munny to assist him in the killing of two hooligans that beat an innocent woman until she was bruised. The Schofield Kid was acting as the instigator, which resembles the enemy of terrorism (William Munny). Munny seems unsure of the uncivil act of disobedience until he comes to the conclusion that his family is in dire need of money to pay for the bare necessities of life.

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The role of the men that is skilled with a gun acts as a peacemaker and protector of the town. Regardless if he is the sheriff or not, the role of a man that takes justice into his own hands and punishes bad men is somewhat lost in Unforgiven. The idea of good guy versus bad guy aspect is left to a person that is ambiguous and the traditional hero becomes more of an antihero. At the beginning of the film, Clint Eastwood’s character, William Munny, is presented as an anti-hero because he does have a violent pass that involves the killing of women and children. The film shows that he feels a little remorse for what he did in the past and just considers it as business.