While Pulp Fiction is one of those Tarantino's without an overt and constant antagonist, its Marsellus Wallace who steps into the role here. He is the kingpin of LA; his crimes include torture and murder; his main goal is to exact revenge.
Pulp Fiction's narrative is told out of chronological order and follows three main interrelated stories that each have a different protagonist: Vincent Vega, a hitman; Butch Coolidge, a prizefighter; and Jules Winnfield, Vincent's business partner.
The central antagonist and deuteragonist of Pulp Fiction is Marsellus Wallace. Married to Mia Wallace, he is a gang boss, leading Vincent Vega, Jules Winnfield, Butch Coolidge, and many other gangsters.
In the secret ending, it is revealed that Ishmael is the first to awake from the car crash, being pulled from the vehicle by Ocelot himself. Ishmael, who is now known to be the real Big Boss, removes his bandages and is given clothing, an eyepatch and a bike so he can leave the scene.
It shows that everyone has the potential to become a peacemaker, just as Jules becomes one at the very end of the movie. Humanity and meaning is present in "Pulp Fiction," if you look underneath the surface, and that is what gives the film its purpose, rather than the actual happenings of the film itself.
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The owner and another man took Marsellus to another room to rape him, while Butch was being watched over by a silent man known as the “gimp”. Butch broke free and knocked the gimp unconscious, but just as he was about to leave the shop, he went back to save Marsellus.
When it came to jotting down who he wanted for the characters, Tarantino opted for Michael Madsen, with whom he'd already worked on Reservoir Dogs in 1992, and Laurence Fishburne. He also wrote down Jackson for the role of Marcellus Wallace, a character who was ultimately played by his first choice – Ving Rhames.
Who does Vincent accidentally shoot in Pulp Fiction?
One of the memorable scenes in Pulp Fiction is when Vincent Vega accidentally shoots Marvin in the face while in the car, but why they took Marvin in Pulp Fiction remains questionable.
Most notably the scene in which a man is shot in the head while sitting in a car and there's a large explosion of blood and the car and people in it get covered with blood and brain matter. They later spend a scene cleaning it up. A man injects heroin into his arm.
The actors were asked to improvise and you can feel that spontaneous quality in the scene. Many fans thought the John Travolta Pulp Fiction dance sequence must have been written with the actor in mind. However, Tarantino actually wrote the scene before Travolta was cast.
“Pulp Fiction” didn't win Best Picture, instead losing to “Forrest Gump.” Travolta's turn as Vincent Vega in Tarantino's film was huge for him, but his 1994 could have, theoretically, been even better.
How accurate is the overdose scene in Pulp Fiction?
The scene is not apparently 100% accurate. Many people say have said that the drug naloxone would be a better cure than epinephrine, especially if Wallace's heart was still beating. Regardless of this criticism, Pulp Fiction does get some things right about drug abuse. For one, Mia Wallace mistakes heroin for cocaine.
Redemption is one of the central themes of this film and this scene along with Jules' saving of Honey Bunny and Pumpkin in the diner are the best examples of this. Butch's conscience made him go back to save Marsellus and this acted as his redemption for killing Wilson in the previous night's boxing match.
My guess is that it's because Butch has taken a payoff to throw a fight and Vincent doesn't respect that. He calls Butch a “palooka” which is a boxing-related insult, meaning, basically, a fighter who's not good at fighting, following that up with “Punchy” in a mocking tone.
One reason I dig this movie is its non-linear narrative style. Rather than employ a traditional cause-and-effect plot, writer/director Quentin Tarantino sequences Pulp Fiction out of order, on purpose. If each scene is a card, it's safe to say Tarantino shuffled his deck. Or, more accurately, he stacked it.
Both of Pulp Fiction's endings follow the same theme: a man who has committed a number of misdeeds makes a righteous choice, and he is rewarded with a happy ending. Jules chooses to spare Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, and Butch goes back to save Marsellus's life, earning their happy endings.
