“True Grit’s main characters, Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) and Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) closely parallel two ancient Indo-European conceptions of justice represented by the one-eyed sovereign (wild, unreliable, ruling through bravado) and the one-handed sovereign (solemn, proper, ruling by the letter of the law).”via Does True Grit tap into an ancient myth? – By Paul Devlin – Slate Magazine. Comments Off on Does True Grit tap into an ancient myth? – By Paul Devlin – Slate Magazine