Top Dog Under Dog

We spoke about this briefly in class, but in the game 3 card monte the dealer is always at the advantage. He controls the fate of the player; whether he wins or loses. I found this to mirror the historical event of Lincoln's assassiation because John Wilkes Booth did control the fate of Lincoln when he shot and killed him. We speculated that perhaps Booth had the advantage over Link the whole time and was just letting him win. In the script there is also a moment when Booth is showing Link how to die properly so that he won't lose his job to a wax dummy. I think this is another show of Booth's control over him.