In Tarantino’s film, he tries to showcase the ethical dilemma of violence. He uses a predominantly Jewish-American battalion systematically killing Nazis as the perfect platform to showcase this dilemma. If this dilemma is present in Jewish people killing Nazis as recompense, then it has to exist in almost every single situation, since it’s such a drastic example.
Throughout the film we see the Nazis as both ruthless beasts and comical idiots, this is done in order to provide a feeling of humanity for the Nazis. They are human beings after all, which entitles them to comical thoughts feelings and emotions as well as the ability to be evil people. This is very much like Spike Lee’s film, Tarantino believes that he should give his characters the ability to both be comical and evil.
This done in order to provide fluidity while he approaches the subject of the violence dilemma. The Jewish soldiers are almost portrayed as beasts of war who brutally mutilate and kill these Nazi soldiers. None of the soldiers in this battalion leave the war unmarked, whether it was them actually being killed or the pure emotional scarring, nobody in the film was left unhurt. Even Raine has the scar from his neck being cut, absolutely everyone who partakes in violence is left scarred or killed.
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