![]() ![]() The quest of Pete and Norton are slightly different, but theirs is an intertwined, mutual quest (Norton’s being involuntary until almost the very end). Rachel, in this instance, acts as the sheltering and comforting masculine figure that he can whine to without reprisal, with complete understanding, however ironic her position as the wife of the local diner owner or her apparent apathy. Belmont’s impotence manifests his frustration with his role as a challenged authority. Instead, his role in his questioned at every turn, especially when he defiantlyburies Melquiades the second time against the rules of Pete’s quest to honour the last wishes of his close friend and to exact revenge on the man that murdered him. He would rather keep that femininity and his authoritative role unchallenged and unquestioned. And in some ways each character and quest could be viewed as different facets of the same personality.įor Belmont, this is a quest for his version of manhood, one that doesn’t question his authority, one that allows him to be his whining himself, slightly feminine. For Pete Perkins, the rancher and Melquiades’ best friend, Belmont, the local sheriff, and Norton, the border patrolman, each quest is slightly different. Tommy Lee Jones’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada begins as a story of honour between close friends and quickly devolves into multiple perspectives of an archetypal quest for masculine redemption and second chances. ![]()
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