Throughout the duration of the film The Third Man, Holly Martins strives to become a masculine figure in which he would hold power. In the final scene of the movie, we see all of his work and effort come to an end and ultimately he fails. The power that Harry Lime and Anna Schmidt hold during the film, help contribute to this failure of Holly’s. During the final scene, we see Holly standing off to the side of the film, while Anna walks in a direct path towards that camera. Looking from a long shot, even though Anna is a minute part of the screen we still see her as larger and more powerful than Holly. The placement of Holly off to the far left of the screen helps the viewer to associate Holly as less important, as is he has been defeated and no longer plays a role in this moive. Another way that the directors help to portray Holly’s weakness and femininity is by having Harry Lime still hold power even after he is dead. In the last scene Anna walks straight part Harry without giving him a glance or second thought. Even though Harry is a dead man, and can no longer protect or provide for Anna, she still ends up choosing him over Holly. This defeat of not getting the girl, and having a dead man hold more power that he does really helps to demonstrate the weakness and little power that Holly holds. Along with the characters helping to portrays Holly’s weakness in the final scene, the directors also use the setting around Holly to help. The dirt road that Holly is standing along is lined with trees. The trees all look dry, dead, and hopeless. These trees are a symbol of Holly. At one point in time the trees were all probably alive and green, just as Holly was in the peak of the movie when he felt somewhat in control. Now that the trees are dead and have no more purpose, the viewer can associate Holly as also being dead to the movie. The last scene of the film The Third Man helps to show that all of the effort that Holly Martins put in throughout the film to gain power and break away from the characteristics of a female were ultimately pointless because in the end he fails and ends as a weak character.