Unforgiven

With its small stature, bulbous eyes, and fluffy fur the slow loris is considered one of the cutest animals in the world it is the type of animal one would want to cuddle, but it’s looks are very deceiving. The slow loris is also one of the most poisonous and venomous mammals in the forest. Animals will do whatever they have to to protect their young, keep their territory, and essentially survive and their looks have no impact on their drive to do those things. Similar to in the forest, we sometimes discover that important character traits belie outward appearances and reputations and many examples of this are portrayed in Unforgiven.

Unlike in the case of the slow loris, it is sometimes a loathsome outward appearance that masks sincere character traits; this is the case for Little Bill. He is portrayed as a cruel, sadistic, monster, but throughout the movie we become aware of some of his intentions. He does what he does in an attempt to protect Big Whiskey and so that he can eventually live a mellow life in his brand new house. We first meet him in the after the slashing of Delilah and from the beginning he gives off the impression of being a bad guy. He does not punish the cowboys with a hanging that the prostitutes suggest or even a whipping. He only makes them repay Skinny in horses for “damaging his property,” as they characterize the incident. His actions only become more offensive as the movie carries on. He beats English Bob up in front of a crowd, beats Will almost to death, and finally he kills Ned and displays it to the town. Little Bill captures Ned while he is trying to leave and abandon the job, and he is punished for being one of the assassins. Bill then finds out that Quick Mike was killed since he had Ned in custody, meaning there is no way he could have done it, but this only angers him. He takes his anger out on Ned and kills him. He also hangs up his body in front of the saloon for everyone to see, which is a very sadistic action. While it