The Killing Characters - Representations

Sarah Lund:

• Masculine traits along with female - like Eleven (holds power with both roles)
• Binary opposite to Pernille
• Work oriented
• Takes charge
• Unique thoughts - sound motif

Jan Meyer:

• Immature - basketball
• Selfish - always consuming something 
• Follows others

 Troels Hartman:

• Widower (start) - Murderer (end)
• Masculine/dominancy
• 'player'
• Politician - secrecy

Rie Skovgaard:

• Sleeps around at work
• Plunging tops - showing herself
• Sexualised
• Used/objectified

Pernille Birk Larsen:

• Female role
• Stay at home mother
• Submissive to Theis
• Binary opposite to Sarah
• Weak
• Present parent - but didn't notice her daughter missing?

Theis Birk Larsen:

• Masculine/butch
• Stereotypical working husband
• Power/authority - shop keeper
• Absent father

Nanna Birk Larsen: 

• Innocent - white dress
• Only seen at night - in danger and can't see the full picture

Oliver Schandorff:

• Rebellious
• Steve Harrington type
• Dyed hair, drugs, sex - disrespectful 
• Little boy inside

Vagn:

• Immature
• Racist
• Cared for by Theis
• Murderer

(Mayor) Poul Bremer:

• Secrecy