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Road to Perdition essay The film ‘Road to Perdition’ is a film like no other. From the title, the academically minded may gather that the movie may involve or end with tragedy as Perdition means eternal damnation. So “How does the title ‘Road to Perdition’ relate to the characters and themes in the movie?” The text is set in the late 1920’s, early thirties in the era of mobsters and gangsters in Chicago. Being involved in the mafia comes with the perks of protection, power and money but anything that has negative effects towards the collective family results in instant death. Such is the life Michael Sullivan and his family lead. In Michael Sullivan’s younger days, John Rooney (who is the mafia boss of Chicago) looked after him, raised him, and gave him a home when he had nothing. “He was like a father to me”, as Sullivan stated. The son of the mafia mob boss of Chicago (Conner Rooney), one night in an act of rage driven by jealousy because of his fathers affections towards Michael Sullivan, slayed the Sullivan family. He only successfully killed Michael’s wife and youngest son Peter as they were the only two present at their residents at the time. Michael Sullivan himself and his other older son Michael Sullivan Jnr., were not present at the time of the murder. This is the first convention of a revenge tragedy.....”The hero has been violently wronged” This slaying of his family gives Michael Sullivan strong ambition to seek revenge against Conner Rooney for the acts he has committed.
Approximate Word count = 988
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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