Sean Thornton Character Analysis

Many peoples have dark pasts, maybe even deadly ones, and not all come to terms with it. However, a certain man named Sean Thornton has these particular problems and only a certain little ill-tempered redhead will be able to make everything all right. Although having a fractured past, the determined Irish-American Sean Thornton combats himself and struggles to come to terms with his real identity.
Thornton is a very decisive man. In many scenes throughout the movie he displays a very distinct character trait. He is determined to get what he wants. For example, Thornton wants with all of his heart for the fiery Mary Kate Danaher to be his wife. However, Danaher’s brother loathes Thornton for trying to woo Miss Danaher and hurting his love for the Widow Tillane. This hatred causes many problems for Thornton and his love life. But does that stop
Some examples of this culture shock would be when Thornton touched the holy water and then touched Mary Kate Danaher’s hand. This was seen as rude. Secondly, Thornton also struggles with understanding marriage. For instance, when Mr. Danaher didn’t approve for Mary Kate to marry Thornton asked why she couldn’t just come for herself. But soon after Michaleen Oge Flynn quickly says “she can’t marry without her brother’s consent. She couldn’t and she wouldn’t”. These are just a few of the problems Thornton experienced whilst in Innisfree. Finally, Thornton had a very dark past that he seldom brought up. In his days of boxing in the ring in Pittsburgh he accidentally killed a man. After the man’s death he immediately put his gloves up and moved away. In the early part of the movie, when Thornton just moves into his cottage the Reverend comes and says that me might recognize his name. In the reverend’s script he was assigned to say “It has a certain ring to it” giving the audience some