Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

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In the movie Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street there are only a few characters who care for others. Out of all the main characters that are not so caring there is a main one that could have cared more than the others.

Most of the characters in the movie Sweeney Todd, are vile and cruel. These characters mainly think of themselves before anyone else. Tobias Ragg also known as Toby is one of the main caring characters. Use to working with a barber who makes elixirs for hair that the main character, Sweeney, calls out to be the mixture of “piss and ink.” (Sweeney Todd), we realize that Tobias still has a great heart. In the film we later see that Tobias shows more care to the character Mrs. Lovett who, takes him in as her own. When

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