Unforgiven Analysis

Violence In The Spaces Of Unforgiven The American Justice System has struggled throughout its history in righting its transgressions. In Clint Eastwood’s western, Unforgiven (1992), Eastwood reflects through the typical western setting that disillusionment is universal and that marginalized people desire justice in a system that benefits from their suffering. The extremely dark, almost unintelligible night settings portray how confusion and violence surround this world Eastwood as created. At the heart of the film, it also shows that violence is not a singular instance that affects the psyche, but an echoing, inescapable chain. In this case, Will “Munny”, a reformed killer, carries violence with him everywhere. Even when he has established a peaceful life outside of his murderous days, by the end of
A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, as defined by contingency, would not have stopped an abuser from being abusive. Had another woman tipped off Davey and Quick Mike, they most likely would have disfigured her. Little Bill, the law keeper of the town, however, does little to nothing to serve justice for the abused woman and only helps the male owner of the business. In Allen Redmon’s article, "Mechanisms of Violence in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and Mystic River" Redmon explores Eastwood’s relationships between antihero vigilantism and morality in the justice system. He explains that in a disillusioned society, “culture is forced to begin to deem some violent acts as ‘good’” (Redmon 316) and so the audience is intended to follow Will’s actions sympathetically despite our socialized notions to believe that revenge killing is