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2. Travis Is an “Avenging Angel”

Scorsese’s early films, like Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, were obsessed with religious imagery. Scorsese routinely calls Travis Bickle an “avenging angel” who wants to become as pure a person as possible, to cleanse himself of weakness of every kind. Of course, the fact that path is dark and bloody is just an unintended consequence.

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