Double Indemnity

In the film Double Indemnity, there is nearly no one with solid moral character. In my opinion the two main characters Walter and Phyllis both are not hero’s and are very far from being anywhere close to being considered decent people. However, I do think only Phyllis would be classified as a villain. She was the spark behind the entire operation and pushed Walter Neff into motion. Walter was living a solid life before he met Phyllis whereas Phyllis had been accused by her step daughter of killing someone before.  The only person I would classify as a hero in this movie is Barton Keys.

Throughout the film Keys was routinely trying to figure out the truth about the story and not trying to manipulate someone or get away with anything. Keys is always trying to find out what actually happened and who is to blame. Like all heroes’ Keys also has a tragic flaw. He is too trusting to those who he knows. This is shown when he says the will personally vouch that Walter did not commit the murder of Mr. Dietrichson. This also exemplifies that Keys assumes that other people are as morally true as he is. However, this assumption later backfires in the end of the movie.