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Character Role Analysis

Philip Lombard and Vera Claythorne

Philip and Vera make it all the way to the end, but not because they’re working together. In fact, they couldn’t be more different. Vera is Little Miss Guilty, while Philip basically can’t get enough of leaving “natives” to die. Vera wants to stay hidden, while Philip Lombard wants to hunt down the killer. In the end, though, one of them has to die first—and it’s Philip.