Analysis Of Dr. King Schultz's First Encounter With Django

Dr. King Schultz’s first encounter with Django is when Django is carried in chains by the slave traders. At first, Schultz does not really know which one of the slaves he is looking for. But soon it becomes clear who Django is. Moreover, at the beginning, Schultz of course does not care for Django as a person; he only needs the black man’s help to find the brothers he is in search of, as Schultz does not know what they look like. Therefore, without Django’s help, he would not be able to fulfill his mission and, consequently, to obtain his bounty. Schultz would not let anything and anybody to get in his way. As a matter of fact, he does not hesitate to shoot one of the slave drivers in the head and to kill the second one’s horse. This is the
King Schultz, where one can see how easily he fulfills his job. At the beginning, it purports that the Sheriff is a normal citizen in a leading position who consequently behaves like that. Schultz shoots him down and, for a moment, the viewer has no idea of what is happening and why this man has to die. The following conversation clears up the mystery: again, Schultz is just doing his job. Related to the definition of the Cambridge Dictionaries Online, where “being evil” is described as “the condition of being immoral, cruel or bad or an act of this type” , Schultz can definitely be associated with evil. He is fully aware of his being cruel and bad, and he does not just have the ability to harm somebody, but it is his full intention to kill people without batting an eye. However, what is the evil motive of Dr. King Schultz? Already the name of his job provides an idea: he “hunt[s] the bounty”, therefore he slays people just for money and can easily reconcile that with his own conscience. Schultz himself is aware and openly admits that his money-driven desires go to the detriment of human life, but he also admits to being disgusted by the concept of slavery. He finds solace in the fact that his “flesh for cash business” differs from slavery, as he does not victimize innocent people, but those who victimized them (Django Unchained). Hence, this assertion suggests that Schultz has some kind of emotions and that the cruelty of slavery has not failed to leave its mark on