They were both guilty of the harm they caused to each other and other people around them.
However, no matter what words we use to define them, they weren’t innocent in their actions. While Phil chose to be bad, Peter decided to be ugly. In the realm of the Power of the Dog, both Peter and Phil had their choices. The young don’t believe that love can change a man or stop a war.Īrt is about flawed characters. For young blood like Peter, the principles of non-violence are a bit out of sight. But he died before he could be transformed. He was specially dressed for the boy on that day and wanted to give him the rope as a gesture of his love for him. If Peter had let Phil live, then maybe some love and some belongingness would have changed Phil’s demeanor. Phil made some grave errors in life, but he didn’t deserve a death sentence for them. However, at the end of the film, it was Peter who infected Phil’s vulnerable wound. He attacked Peter with his poisonous words and made toxic remarks. In the beginning, Phil bullied a vulnerable young Peter, who was grieving for his lost father. In The Power of the Dog, both Peter and Phil could be perceived as the dog. For example, the great and powerful Roman empire conspired against Jesus Christ and crucified him. In the biblical phrase, “The Power of the Dog,” the word “dog” refers to a person who attacks the vulnerable. George used soap, dressed well before leaving the house and greeted people with courtesy.
He bathed regularly in a bathtub, unlike the cowboys who jumped into the river. Though George never got a college degree, he never gave up on his pursuit of becoming a gentleman. But he didn’t pass through college and ended up on a ranch that he and his brother, Phil, inherited from their old man and the old lady. George Burbank wanted to study and become a civil servant, like a doctor or an engineer, maybe. Major Spoilers Ahead The Good – George Burbank Let’s dig deeper into the skins of these notable characters of the film whose choices and actions shape the course of action. For Phil, the Power of the Dog is a tale of filling the heart void of love for George, it is about finding a balance in a savage Cowboy colony, while for Peter, it is a tale of revenge and saving her mother from the attacks of a toxic man. The most beautiful aspect of the narrative is that if you follow the story from the viewpoint of any one of these characters, you’ll get an entirely different understanding of the narrative.
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