Se7en - Mills vs Somerset

Comparing Mills, Somerset, and John Doe

Characteristics

Mills:

• Angry
• Believes that crimes should be punished 
• Is lead by his emotions
• Believes in justice
• A man of action
• Believes the world can be a better place through his actions
• Hates apathy

Somerset:

• Unaware (or refuses to reflect upon his own faults)
• Intelligent
• Cynical 
• Enjoys research
• Methodical
• Patient
• Jaded
• Pays attention to detail
• Thinks the world is a terrible place 
• Judges others

We find in the car scene, where Mills, Somerset and John Doe have a conversation in the car, Mills and Somerset came to realise that John Doe holds very similar ideals/feelings/characteristics to themselves. In fact, all the points above, if we were to combine Mills' and Somerset's, are points that perfectly describe John Doe. Mills and Somerset are representations of John Doe, split into 2 different people, taking different aspects of his characteristics.


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