ENGL 2P13 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Spaghetti Western
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Engl 2p13 the good, the bad and the ugly. Characters are one type or the other the good, the bad, the ugly. Makes a statement about the traditional western films things aren"t as simple The ugly: he is ruled by his emotions, tuko as a liminal figure or the abject . He cant be trusted, he betrays on and off. You never know where hell end up or what choices hell make. The name the ugly associated with the abject. He"s committed offences but he"s never really killed anyone, so hes not really good or really bad. Blondie isn"t 100% good, but he is made to represent the good. None of these characters have back stories and they can be looked at in different ways. The indians they talk about: doesn"t follow traditional westerns, union camp portrayed as more violent, but its not historically accurate so its pretty neutral.