Is Norton just a jealous jerkass for Ellie or a Unwitting Pawn for the markers, driven insane into doing their bidding, just to get Isaac were the Brother Moon wants him? Is his continuous insistence on getting as far from the planet as possible, mere cowardice or his way of fighting back against the markers before their influence becomes too great for him to resist? Is his final act of trying to shoot Isaac just him being afraid of being found out or his last desperate attempt of stopping Isaac from finding a way to shutting off the machine in a final sliver of resistance against the markers and their wishes? Nobody knows and most likely, nobody ever will.

This is reinforced in the multi-player where Carver's, and by extension his player's, experience and hallucinations are much worse than Isaac's as he hasn't accepted the loss of his family yet. Was Dead Space 3 an Actionized Sequel, or simply the result of Isaac having tangled with the Necromorphs twice before and survived both? The ending of Dead Space 2-where Isaac defeats them more or less on his own terms-reinforces the ideas that the Necromorphs haven't gotten any less frightening Isaac just knows that he can get through this if he keeps calm and uses the resources available to him.

Alternate Character Interpretation: For the game as a whole.

Even though we have no evidence that Ellie knows about Lexine, if she is alive, the fact remains of the second part of the Aesop's acceptance in the spoiler listed here.Apparently, if you have post-traumatic stress disorder, you should just stop having it and man up. Ellie's response? He's a coward who can't or won't face his problems. Isaac initially refuses to continue fighting, an understandable point as his life was a living nightmare at several points, he's lost loved ones (Ellie included as she left him), and has tolerated being the victim of Chronic Backstabbing Disorder more than once. Accidental Aesop: Initially brought up when Ellie and Isaac meet and agreed on by Isaac near the end of the game.

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