Subtitle The Departed · Exclusive Deal

Both men struggle with a "departure" from their true identities. Costigan pleads, "I want my identity back," as the line between his undercover persona and his actual self begins to dissolve. Sullivan, conversely, is a "fraud" who has successfully departed from his working-class roots to live a life of upper-class prestige built on a lie. Their inability to reconcile these fractured selves ultimately leads to their destruction.

: A state trooper from a criminal family who goes undercover in the mob to prove he is not a criminal. subtitle The Departed

The narrative centers on two "rats" who are mirror images of one another: Both men struggle with a "departure" from their