This search for redemption usually involves the character going through a violent process to cleanse him of his faults. ... This doesn't mean that all of the characters mentioned achieve redemption. ... But of all the characters that undertake this search, perhaps it is the story of Jake La Motta in Raging Bull that for many reasons presents the greatest challenge to understanding redemption's role in the narratives of Scorsese's films. Is Jake La Motta a redeemed character at the end of Raging Bull? ... Perhaps it was the character played by Al Pacino in The Devil's Advoca...

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