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Character Role Analysis

Fischer/Cobb

Cobb is a man who is trying to let go of an unhealthy relationship. While he thinks he is in control, Mal is invading his subconscious and causing him to lose stability mentally… which affects the state of the dreams he is part of.

Fischer is a man who is trying to reconcile an unhealthy relationship. While he thinks he is running from extractors, he actually has much more power than he realizes because of his army of projections. In the end, both Cobb and Fischer have a healing of sorts but both of these healings are completely internal, involving only themselves and their perceptions of others.