Character Relationship Map: The Lighthouse

Characters

• Thomas Howard (played by Robert Pattinson) — protagonist
• Thomas Wake (played by Willem Dafoe) — protagonist
• Mermaid (played by Valeriia Karaman) — supporting
• Ephraim Winslow (played by Logan Hawkes) — supporting
• Woman on the Rocks (played by Kyla Nicolle) — supporting
• Departing Wickie (played by Shaun Clarke) — supporting
• Departing Assistant Wickie (played by Pierre Richard) — supporting
• Tender Mate (played by Jeff Cruts) — supporting
• Seagull (played by Sully Seagull) — supporting

Key Relationships

• Tender Mate → Thomas Wake (Professional Relationship)
• Departing Assistant Wickie → Thomas Wake (Professional Relationship)
• Departing Wickie → Thomas Wake (Professional Relationship)
• Thomas Wake → Departing Wickie (Professional Former Colleague)
• Thomas Howard → Departing Wickie (Professional Former Colleague)
• Thomas Wake → Seagull (Conflict Obsession)
• Thomas Wake → Mermaid (Unknown Supernatural Encounter)
• Thomas Howard → Thomas Wake (Professional Lighthouse Keeper Colleagues)
• Thomas Howard → Seagull (Conflict Obsession)
• Thomas Howard → Ephraim Winslow (Meta Alternate Identity)
• Tender Mate → Tender Mate (Professional Colleague)
• Thomas Howard → Woman on the Rocks (Meta Hallucinatory Vision)
• Thomas Howard → Mermaid (Meta Hallucination)
• Thomas Wake → Thomas Howard (Professional Senior Lighthouse Keeper)
• Departing Wickie → Departing Assistant Wickie (Professional Colleagues)

Story Analysis

Psychological descent into madness of two isolated lighthouse keepers

Plot Progression

1. Isolated Arrival
2. Confinement and Conflict
3. Descent into Madness
4. Final Confrontation