Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

In the movie Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton, there are only a few characters who care for others. Out of all the main characters that are not so caring, unless for their own personal gain, there is a main one that could have cared more than the others. The character that isn’t very caring is the owner of the meat pies, Mrs. Lovett. Out of all the characters only one is really, truly caring and that is Tobias Ragg.

Most of the characters in the movie Sweeney Todd, are vile and cruel. These characters, mainly think of themselves before anyone else and before thinking about any of the consequences of their actions. Tobias Ragg, also known as Toby, is one of the main caring characters. Use to working with

The man Toby use to work for, Pirelli, use to be an assistant to Sweeney Todd as a boy. After the shaving contest between Todd and Pirelli, Pirelli arrives at Todd’s shop a few days later and announces that he use to be Todd’s assistant then threatens to blackmail him by saying, “Because you entered our little wager under false pretense. So as you don't make the same mistake again, I'll be taking half your profits from herewith, share and share alike. Is that alright... Mr. Benjamin Barker?” (Sweeney Todd). After this incident Todd beats him with a boiling kettle and stuffs him into a chest when Toby appears to remind Pirelli of an appointment. Being told to go back down to the shop and get a bottle of gin from Mrs. Lovett Todd then slits Pirelli’s throat committing the first murder in the film. In the film, we later see that Tobias shows more care to the character Mrs. Lovett who, takes him in as her own. Loving Mrs. Lovett like a surrogate mother, Toby helps out at the pie shop and when becoming suspicious of Todd, tells Mrs. Lovett

Lovett should be the one that should expand upon her level of caring. Mrs. Lovett is the owner of a shop for meat pies and when Sweeney enters her shop she tries to explain that her pies are “the worst pies in London.” (Sweeney Todd). She realizes that, Sweeney Todd who use to be Benjamin Barker is still alive, and she tries to tell him that his wife died by poison. Lucy, Sweeney Todd’s wife, was so distraught by the fact he had been banished, locked herself and her daughter in their house. Judge Turpin realizes that the only way to get Lucy out of her house is to tell her he apologizes for getting rid of Mr. Barker. Luring her to his house for a party where everyone is wearing masks, she drinks a glass of champagne and then is raped by Judge Turpin. Mrs. Lovett knows that Lucy then poisons herself with arsenic and ends up going insane forgetting about most of her life before, leading her to live a life as a poor beggar on the streets of London, staying close to Fleet Street. Believing Mrs. Lovett, Todd goes into a fury because he will “never see my girl again” (Sweeney Todd) and plots to kill Judge Turpin and anyone who gets in his way of doing so. Mrs. Lovett also goes to tell Sweeney that Judge Turpin adopted his daughter, Johanna, as his own while Sweeney was away. This gets Mrs. Lovett everything she wants, the man she has always loved, and someone to care for her as well when she