Unforgiven Transformation Quotes

Will is so different than he used to be that he doesn't physically resemble an outlaw. The "maybe" here, however, is crucial. Just how transformed is he?

This is the first of several instances where Will claims he isn't the killer he used to be. When a character says something like this, we need to pay close attention.

These lines sound a little more earnest coming from Ned, but it's certainly interesting, if not ironic, that Ned and Will head out to do some "bad" things shortly after Ned issues these remarks. Farmers? Yeah right, guys.

Will does sound heartfelt in these lines, but this is the fourth or fifth time we've heard this from Will. He's trying to reconcile what he's about to do—kill two men for money—with the new, "changed," Will. By the end of the film, Will kind of goes back to the way he was, but not all the way.

Ned seems really unsure when he utters these lines in the film. It's like he's trying to convince himself that Will "ain't like that no more." There aren't a lot of reasons to doubt Will's claim to have transformed, but Ned's tone definitely makes us suspicious.

Will's response to Ned expresses just as much uncertainty. Just like Ned was trying to convince himself that Will is different, so Will seems yet again like he's trying to convince himself. The fact of the matter is he is "different than anyone else"—he's killed a lot of people.

The film's final scene will prove otherwise. Will really is kind of crazy by the end: he enters a saloon where he is grossly outnumbered, and still manages to come out alive. He isn't a "killing fool," that's for sure, but we soon learn he's just as capable of killing pretty ruthlessly to get his revenge.

Just like Ned, the Kid clearly wants to transform himself—from a smack-talking aspiring killer into somebody who doesn't even own a gun. He definitely isn't like Will, and that's why he disappears from the film shortly after this. He doesn't belong in Will's universe anymore.