No Country For Old Men Character Profiles



Anton Chigurh 
In the balance of the movie Anton is on the side of evil. He seems to be emotionless and relentless. He is also portrayed as very weird and abnormal. He doesn't seem to have any human emotions and tends to only be focused on the task at hand. His deadpan dialogue unnerves the audience and almost creates an unnatural immortal atmosphere. Also his choice of weapon emphasises these points of immortality and inhuman behaviour. He seems to have no remorse throughout the movie. An example of this is at the start of the film where the first thing we see of him is murdering a cop.

Llewellyn Moss


 
Llewellyn is a Vietnam vet who used to be an iron welder. In the balance of good and evil in the film he seems to be sitting somewhere in the middle. He isn't pure good because he willingly shoots to kill Anton, but isn't pure evil because he never kills anyone. His actions are heavily motivated by his own greed as he chooses to save his money and own live as apposed to his wives. Although he seems to be somewhat heartless we learn from the movie that he feels regretful and does show care as during one of the first scenes he brings water back to one of the cartel who asked for it.
 
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
 
The Sheriff is an old man who doesn't understand modern crime and technology. On the balance of good and evil he represents pure good. Through out the movie the Sheriff doesn't seem to do much. He isn't shown doing much action which shows his elderly nature. You can clearly see throughout the film that he has a relationship with older times as he even starts off the film with a speech about older crime. 




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