Did Fagin in Oliver Twist (2005 movie version) Deserve To Die?

[curiousnorway]

Why/Why Not? Fagin is the villain who teach orphans (that he "adopted") to steal. SPOILER! In the end of the movie he gets hanged. #OliverTwist #Execution

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Please explain Why/Why not.

[DJB72]

The story was written nearly 200 years ago and reflects the morality of the time.

Fagin was written as a manipulative and physically abusive man who preyed on children, turning them into thieves.

In the early 19th century, the penalty was death.

[Aynsof]

I don't know the movie specifically but I know the story and it it is suitable for his crimes at the time it takes place
While I am not in favor of capital punishment it was a different time

[Anonymous]

I found it curious that the film adopted a distinctly sympathetic view of Fagin.. That is until I realized it was directed by Roman Polanski; another (((individual))) with a penchant for exploiting vulnerable white children. It all makes sense now.

[DakotaNorth]

Really? From Oliver! the popular 1968 movie featuring Mark Lester and Jack Wild, Bill Sykes ended up hung.

[curiousnorway]

Yes, because there are different versions of the same story. In the 2005 movie version both Fagin and Bill Sykes dies. Fagin gets sentenced to death, but Bill hangs himself with an accident.

[PrincessGrail]

Yes. He was manipulating children for his own benefit.

[jackisback11]

So did the film's director. He drugged and raped a 13 y/o girl. But instead of hanging him they gave him an award.

[PrincessGrail]

@jackisback11 you mean Polanski?

[jackisback11]

Yep.

[BZRKr]

No, life imprisonment would be a better punishment.

[curiousnorway]

Why?

[BZRKr]

I always saw death as the easy way out.

[curiousnorway]

Even if it's painful? Hanging isn't the quickest way to die if you gets strangled, but I do understand your point.

[legalboxers]

he wasn't a good mentor, but no, he didn't since he provided megar food

[OfDeath]

Did that happen in the original? I don't remember.

[DakotaNorth]

No. Fagin and Dodger seemingly started over. Bill Sykes ended up hung or at least strangled by his own rope.

[curiousnorway]

No, but it did in the 2005 movie version.

[Sha84]

he was a troubled man

[Anonymous]

He's was a jew

[curiousnorway]

What do this have to do with the question I asked?