Apocalypse Now Character Analysis

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a state of dementia induced by alcohol and a sense of alienation from the civilized world. When the scene was shot, Sheen actually was drunk and insisted the cameras keep rolling, even after he bloodied his first by accidentally punching the mirror. Thus, from the opening scene Sheen portrays Willard as a man changed irreversibly by war. He managed to leave it physically but could not free his mind. Now he is back, abandoning all ideas of home, resigned to and eager for a return to combat.
Willard’s behavior is at times infuriatingly passive. He takes the mission—“what the hell else was I gonna do?”—and stays out of events that do not affect that mission directly. He interacts with the PBR crew only minimally. He finds Kilgore and goes along with Kilgore’s mass mayhem. He observes the Playmates’ show with amusement, barely participating. Most of Willard’s time on the river is spent reviewing Kurtz’s dossier, understanding and relating to his target more and more. The only ...

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