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I always thought that in the film, every single character is torn down in some respect.
Munny: He returns to the villain he once was--and which he probably never really changed from. He was always the villain.
English Bob: Like someone said earlier, his mystique (as the Western genre itself) is shredded to bits.
Ned Logan: Unfortunately for Ned, his recognition of his mistake (letting greed take over his decision-making) came too late, and he wasn't able to avoid being killed.
Daggett: Gene Hackman does such a terrific job of being a regular man with multiple levels. Unfortunately for him, his fantatical way of dealing with things comes to bite him in the arse when Munny finds Ned outside the saloon.
Scofield Kid: This one is obvious--his egotistical attitude is reversed dramatically after his first kill, and he become almost a shell of what he was (and what he wants to become).
An amazing script, all things considering--every character except the biographer (who represents the audience) has a significant change, and all for the worse.
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