Supporting Characters

Dale

Dale is Violet's dad - He keeps her going and gives her moral support but ultimately has no control over the situation. Later in the narrative, the possessed Violet tries to kill Dale but she manages to regain control of herself before it's too late. This shows that, like our protagonist, he is very vulnerable and it is mainly down to Violet to rid herself of the possession.

The character Christopher in Silent Hill (2006) is an inspiration for Dale. In the film, when Rose goes to Silent Hill to search for her daughter, Christopher also scours the town for clues. Throughout the film he is disconnected with Rose, even at the end when she finally comes home but they cannot see each other. Likewise there is a mental barrier between Dale and Violet which prevents them from fighting the demon together.












Aidan in The Ring (2002) is another supporting character who can be compared to Dale, as he is the son of the protagonist Rachel, so both characters are connected to the protagonist as family. Aidan is precious to her and vice versa which creates some more suspense as we don't want to see either of them die. He gives Rachel advice and follows her around, however she must also protect him. Aidan is limited in the ways that he can help her and she must be the one to resolve the dilemma.






In Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Sharon and Christopher take the identities of Heather and Harry Mason. Harry is a supporting character in this film and there is no longer a physical barrier between him and his daughter. Rather than having his own sub-plot and searching for clues, we see more of his involvement in the main plot. For example, Heather calls and asks him to pick her up when she suspects that she is being followed by Vincent, another student that she meets at school. He then gets abducted and we get the sense that both of their lives are in danger.

Vincent is another supporting character in the film, however at first he is introduced as an evil character who follows Heather - there is a lot of enigma surrounding him at the start. Later it is revealed that he is a cult leader's son and has been sent to bring her to back to the cult, which makes the audience even more suspicious of him, but he lets Heather escape at the cost of being captured himself. Heather helps Vincent later in the film by freeing him, which shows that he also has his flaws.

As Dale is her father, he should be quite close to Violet like Harry/Christopher. At the start he could be a distant character who motivates Violet to keep going, like Christopher, but he tries to save her and fails. When he is almost killed by the demon, this can show his weakness like Vincent when he is captured. Overall he supports Violet and is important to the plot, because without him she would have nobody to guide her.