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Explanation of The Power Of The Dog’s Finale
The Power Of The Dog’s conclusion reveals itself to be a tale of icy retribution. Peter strategically kills Phil by giving him anthrax in order to keep his mother from getting too drunk. And we have plenty of hints from the movie to confirm this.
Peter puts his best foot forward during the dinner party, but Phil treats him horribly. Peter and his mother Rose are both really unhappy about this. Despite his outward softness, Peter is actually not particularly forgiving.
After Rose marries George, the brother of Phil, she begins to drink excessively. This appears to be primarily due to Phil’s threatening demeanour. As Peter gets home and is around Phil, her drinking issue skyrockets, and Peter wants this to stop.
Once Peter finds Phil’s hiding place and learns that he is gay, it appears that he had a homosexual relationship with his mentor, Bronco Henry. After that, Phil approaches Peter and offers they start over since he doesn’t want his secret to become public. Peter cooperates while being aware that he has the advantage. Phil thinks he might eventually get along with Peter the way Bronco did with him in the past.
Peter aspires to be a physician. He displays a chilly demeanour, which is revealed by the way he murders the rabbit to dissect and examine it. Later, Peter confides in Phil about discovering his father strung up. Peter says his father used to worry that he was too forceful and wasn’t kind enough. Phil makes fun of him, but Peter’s father was alluding to Peter’s lack of empathy and feeling, which would steer him in a dangerous direction.
While flinging logs around, Phil manages to slash his hands, and Peter notes this.
Peter goes on his own earlier, while Phil is teaching him how to ride a horse, and he discovers a dead cow that has been exposed to anthrax. Peter carefully removes the animal’s hide while wearing gloves. Afterwards, Rose sells all of Phil’s hides, which infuriates Phil. Phil accepts Peter’s offer of rawhide after hearing him say he cut it in order to be like Phil.
How did Phil contract anthrax and pass away?
Peter convinces Phil to use the contaminated hide to continue manufacturing his rope and, in the process, ends up getting sick with anthrax. Phil is known to firmly keep away from working with infected animals, and so no one recognises his infection, and Phil dies from it. The film is set in 1925, and at the time, the disease was highly fatal as Penicillin wasn’t used to treat anthrax until 1944. At the last scene, with Phil gone, Rose no longer has a drinking problem, and we see wicked Peter smirking to himself contently, staring at George with his mother.
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