The film, The Shawshank Redemption, was directed by Frank Darabont. It explores the themes of hope, freedom, injustice and suffering through the Christian allegory of the protagonist, Andy Dufresne, who was wrongfully arraigned and incarcerated. In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne may be perceived as someone who, through the progression of the film, is a Christlike figure. This is demonstrated as Andy commits Christlike acts; early in the film, in the middle of the film, and towards the end of the film. Early on in the film, Andy is incarcerated then mistreated and betrayed by the prisoners, however, the way in which this unfolds can be compared to the events that happened to Jesus. Andy gets accused of being responsible for …show more content…
In His life, Jesus was always entirely selfless by continually risking life in a multitude of occasions to help those who needed it - Andy demonstrates this clear characteristic of Jesus by being entirely selfless when he risked his life in order to supply his fellow inmates with “three bottles of beer each,” allowing them to feel ‘human’ again. Andy attempts to establish a library for his prisoners at one point - where he is majorly successful, again, in comparison with what Jesus did to help his people, but when he receives books, he also gets a record and is ordered that the books must be “out of [his (the warden’s)] sight when he comes back”. Andy plays this over the PA system so that all the prisoners can hear it, ‘freeing’ them from their ‘sin’ by taking them away from reality for a period of time, he does this knowing that Warden Norton, a ‘modern day pharisee’, will get angry and punishment. Again, in comparison, Jesus also suffered to get the end result of salvation - to free his people from sin. Jesus was someone who suffered greatly in order to help his people enter salvation and to allow them to live like normal humans, that is, when he heals lepers, allowing them to rejoin society. Andy was also punished and he also suffered in order for his fellow inmates to ‘enter salvation’ for just a moment and to feel human
The new prisoners stand linked together with chains, scared to death, in front of the Warden. He says, " I believe in two things, discipline and the Bible. Here you"ll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord, your ass belongs to me. " That was the kind of attitude Andy would have to live with from now on, and this was just the beginning.
First, Andy preserves his self-respect by fighting or defending himself from the rape squad of Shawshank Prison known as “The Sisters”.
The main character in the film is Andy Dufrain a banker who gets wrongly sent to jail for killing his wife after finding out she was "banging" another man. During the film Andy is the centre of many scenes of hope and despair. Many things happen to Andy including being raped several times. In one scene the hope meter hits rock bottom during Andy's first night a new inmate is killed.
clean on the other side." Not only did he escape he was free from the
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1997 drama film which takes place in a prison during the late 40’s. The film focuses on Andy Dufresne’s transition from his old life as banker to becoming a prisoner in the Shawshank penitentiary. The life shown in the Shawshank penitentiary is similar to that of normal society such as norms, economic transactions, and functions both prisoners and the officials. The roles the prisoners and officials take shows that Functionalism does not only take place in a normal functioning society, it also takes place in a total institution such as the prison shown in the film.
Josh Shipp says that “you either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you.” This is true for Bob Sheldon from the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Bob Sheldon is a 18 boy who lives with only the struggle of his spoiling parents. Bob’s coping of this physical conflict shape him into a spoiled and reckless individual who his two-faced.
Andy goes to psychologist, Dr. Carrothers, to discuss his depression about Rob's death. He does not think he needs to be there because he is fine in school and he is fine at home. Andy talks about why the accident is his fault. He realizes he needs help with his depression and wants to come back for another visit to discuss what is going...
Hope is a huge recurring theme in both of these movies, most of which happened in a similar manner. Andy Dufresne, during his 28 years at Shawshank prison,
Within the jail cell of Andy Dufresne, large posters of famous women cover the wall denoting hope as Andy would shovel through the walls underneath the sizable portrait during the night. Uniquely, the warden of the jail, played by Bob Gunton advises Andy that “salvation lies within the Bible.” Noticeably, the Bible indeed provided Andy with salvation as he concealed the rock hammer which he was using to dig through the walls within it. The corruption of the warden demonstrates itself when he cloaks a safe containing the book which retained account of the smuggled money underneath a framed verse of the bible which reads “his judgment cometh and that soon.” Accordingly, judgment had been served as Andy switched the Bible with the book of the proof of accounts of the Warden’s money scandals and later used it to expose the corruption within the prison.
Andy is the stereotype of a jock. He is at the formal operational stage. Andy's dad pushes him to be the best. He has to win and that's the only option. He is an authoritarian parent who is controlling. At the beginning of the movie Andy is at the identity vs. role confusion. He has no personal identity because of the control his dad has over his life. This leads to him losing control.
Title of Text: Shawshank Redemption Director: Frank Darabont Genre: Drama/Thriller Scene: Rooftop Frank Darabont directs the film ‘Shawshank Redemption’. The film goes through the journey and barriers you must overcome throughout time in prison. The scene starts in the spring 1949 as Andy and his prison mates are tarring the roof, two years after Andy had arrived at Shawshank. Andy offers a proposition to the guard Hadley in order for Hadley to keep all of his money without having to give any away to the tax collectors.
Frank Darabont’s film The Shawshank Redemption follows central character, Andy Dufrane who is wrongfully convicted of murder. Throughout the film, set in a corrupt prison, Andy transforms from a shy introvert to the legend of Shawshank. Dufrane uses his determination to uphold his sense of self-worth to give a sense of freedom and hope to other inmates. The filming techniques, characters and potent symbolism are used to build the central themes within the film. Darabont incorporates the use of symbolism, such as the rocks, beer and posters to construct the theme of normality and hope.
The Shawshank Redemption was based upon the short story Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. It tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a successful banker condemned to Shawshank prison for the murder of his wife and her lover who forms an unlikely friendship with prisoner Ellis Boyed ‘Red’ Redding (Morgan Freeman). It was directed by Frank Darabont who used a number of filming techniques such as music, lighting, and text as well as camera angles to present the main themes of the plot. The theme revealed by the main character Andy is that hope is the key to redemption as the prisoners of Shawshank prison fight institutionalisation.
Shawshank is beloved becasose of the many metion it makes use feal from the strat of the film we are able to looke at andy dufresne hairing we get a the frist fealing of hoplesness as we see andy trying to defane him sefl from the joware . the sceane in film try to confuse the audience the use of the pane shoot to the dura also hase use looking at andy biliveing that he murdred his wife. The film piles it on by putting in flash back clips of andy dufrene in the drinking with a gun to have the audince belive that he comminted the crime also adding the plot of andy killing his cheating wife hase the audience waying on the side of andy coled be
addresses the process of adaptation used when converting a literary hypotext to the film medium; The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, Frank) is the film adaptation of Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (King, Stephen). The story follows characters Red and Andy who serve life sentences in Shawshank Prison. Over many years a strong bond develops, and Andy, wrongly convicted, inspires many at the prison. After Andy escapes, Red decides to follow him upon being granted parole. The story privileges themes of hope, freedom, institutionalisation, friendship, time, and brutality. The film is similar to the novella, however, some aspects differ from the hypotext. Within the novella, Brooks is a minor character, Tommy Williams doesn’t die, and Warden Norton merely retires. Through altering the story, the film modifies the essence of Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption for film audiences and utilises film language to convey meaning. By adding certain scenes, the text takes on stronger themes of hope, institutionalisation and brutality. This draws attention to the themes within the hypotext and thus enhances the parallels between texts.