The film My Darling Clementine displays Wyatt Earp as an individual who understand he has responsibilities, but also puts on a tough exterior. The film also gives insight to Earp's emotions, showing him having faults and thus presenting the viewer with a realistic and humanistic view of the character. Earp, the legendary rogue, is perhaps a wash of the real man, as there was an inclination that perhaps My Darling Clementine is actually a romanization by Ford of the west. The struggle of founding a new civilization, leaving it all behind and living a rogue lifestyle hardly is shown by Earp, though I believe his loss in the movie, primarily his brother and Doc, do demonstrate he is a tragic hero, as opposed to a more cookie-cutter hero.

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