Star Wars: The Force Awakens is much like a moral tale due to, that the movie shows the principles of right and wrong. Which conforms the standards of behaviours and the characters on those principles. Some characters are non-human (by our standards) which could be loosely perceived as talking animals, another common theme among moral tales. The movie also teaches morals that are imbedded psychologically which every watcher can understand in their own way. Morals are different in different ways in every person which is what makes Star Wars: The Force Awakens a fairly great moral tale since almost any viewer can relate in some shape or form to the movie and its characters.
The principles of right and wrong are portrayed as the Resistance
It is amazing how in many stories a group of the most unlikely characters can overcome the most impossible odds. The battle of good vs. evil is reenacted in thousand upon thousand of movies. A lot of the times in these movies the group of heroes consist of very ordinary or odd characters, those who seem to possess few heroic traits. As seen in the movies Labyrinth and the first made Star Wars, a group of small and seemingly powerless characters can overcome great evils.
My reasons for this opinion are all because of the Disney movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. First, the two movies The Force Awakens and the New Hope have the exact same plots. In all The other movies of Star Wars each plot is very different. In The Phantom Menace, the first movie in the Star Wars saga, the plot is that
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as a way to fulfil the ambition for power.The play is believed to have been written between 1603 and 1607, and is most commonly dated 1606. It is a timeless classic and its themes resonate within some of the most common movies and books of modern times. Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series, consisting of two trilogies, has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books, television series, computer and video games, and comic books. The franchise depicts a galaxy described as far, far away in the distant past, and it commonly portrays Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart. Their weapon of choice, the lightsaber, is commonly recognized in popular culture. It is arguably a cinematic masterpiece, holding in rank two of possibly the greatest trilogies the world has ever seen. It is a timeless epic which embodies within it an allegory for the history of the world; the rise and fall of empires and their emperors; the pursuit of power; the melting pot of cultures; the struggle for survival; the advancement of human technology; and most importantly as a whole, the history of humanity. Steven D. Graynus declared, “Ultimately, what the Star Wars films offer is….rousing storytelling suffused by themes of moral struggle and transcendence” (Decent Films Guide). The franchise's storylines contain many themes, with strong influences from philosophy and religio...
The Novum presented in Starship Troopers is the rule of the Veterans and the resulting primacy of the military. This Novum sets the novel up as a utopic pandering to a readership demographic that the author himself is a member of. This is a normative sci-fi construction. Starship Troopers deviates in that the true target readership is the young man who has not yet been given a chance to join up. He is meant to gain a favorable understanding of the military man by sharing in his dream. The dream then - the world created – is the persuasive device.
...ctions do not have to be moral, in order to see him as a character that shows immense strife, great power and apparent flaws. His immorality is a disturbing aspect and makes it difficult to use the word, Hero, but it can also be argued that without his presence the story would hold no value. He is the main attraction and his journey becomes man’s journey. Writer William Blake shares:
Star Wars falls into the category of epic because it grabs the audience attention with involving traits of superhuman strength and valor. There are many epic elements including Archetypes, Plot, Setting, Themes, and Heroes . Some of the symbolic archetypes of this movie is light vs. dark which means Luke vs. Dark Vader. Luke wears white and Dark Vader wears black and the color of their light sabers gives the archetype it’s name and meaning. Another symbolic archetype is fire vs ice. The color of a light saber that has good meaning is white or blue and if the light saber is red if it has bad meaning. R2D2 and C3po are Luke’s loyal servants and they eventually become apart of his family. They are droids that act as a hunting group for people
George Lucas's devotion to timeless storytelling and cutting-edge innovation has resulted in some of the most successful and beloved films of all time.
One part I enjoy about stories like this is how there’s so many different ways that the morals of the story can be received, so it’s more than likely that in an essay like this, there’s going to be many viewpoints of how the themes and morals are acquired. I believe that although the goal of the author(s) was seemingly to tell the story of a hero, it was effective in telling the story and educating later generations about the times that these people lived
Morality is a driving force in many of the most successful literary works. Morality dictates human actions, and in a literary case, allows a reader to relate to a character. C.S. Lewis employs morality throughout the Chronicles of Narnia as a means to rally the reader behind a character. He is able to pull at the heartstrings of his audience and in doing so successfully entices them to celebrate in the children’s victories and scoff at the Witches cruelty.
Imagine flying through a ice covered planet or zooming through the sand plains of tattoine or battling against the dark side next to Luke Skywalker well sounds amazing right? These are the things that make the Star Wars universe so fascinating in the upcoming paragraphs about how Star Wars has elements of story, that make Star Wars so popular. Star Wars is a cultural institution of immense proportions. Its impact on Hollywood alone has been incalculable. It’s impossible to imagine Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., The Matrix, or The Lord of the Rings without Star Wars. Yes because all these movies have been impacted from Star Wars they all transfer you to a different era from you fighting off Nazis to walking into mordor.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien, is the first book in the fantasy-based trilogy of the Lord of the Rings. The book begins with Bilbo Baggins celebrating his one hundred and eleventh birthday. After his party, he then decides to leave everything behind and join a Fellowship, which has a task of destroying the ruling ring, which will give supreme power to whoever has possession of it.
The main morals that separated the “good guys” from the “bad guys” was no eating other people, no stealing, no lying, always keep your promise, always help others, and never give up, always keep fighting. Throughout the novel these morals were tested or even broken in order to survive. The first instance of this was at the beginning of the novel when the man and his son encounter a man who has been struck by lightning on the edge of the road. Instead of doing the morally right thing and helping the lightning victim, the man and his son keep walking as if he wasn’t there. To the son this seemed cruel and unjust, but the father had different thoughts. He believed it to be a waste of time and supplies to aid a man in such a critical condition. In many other situations the man struggles to help others as well. This is primarily...
J.R.R. Tolkien's concept of too much power is summed up by Lord Acton when he once said, "Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely." In Tolkien's first book of his fantasy based trilogy, Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Rings tells a story of a quest to destroy a powerful ring throughout Tolkien's created "Middle Earth". This quest was headed by a "Hobbit" named Frodo Baggins who, in the end, becomes corrupted by power himself. This corruption begins when Frodo uses his ring to become invisible over and over again to escape certain situations. The quest to destroy the powerful "Ruling Ring" forms the basis for this story.
The constant theme throughout this movie is the battle between good and evil, right and wrong, and light and dark. Anakin Skywalker is the main protagonist throughout this film. There is an internal fight going on within him concerning what side of the force he should follow. The light side means he would have to allow Padme, his wife, to die. The dark side would allow him to save her or at least have the fear of losing her. He slowly starts to turn to the dark side with guidance from Darth Sidious (Chancellor Palpatine). Anakin believes he is doing the right thing which in turn will save Padme from dying in childbirth.
Star Wars (1977) is one of the world’s most successful films of all time. It has made a terrific impact on popular culture since its release. Furthermore, Star Wars changed the narrative and aesthetic style of future Hollywood films. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, illustrates how cinema has evolved since Fred Ott’s Sneeze (1894). Ultimately, this essay will explain the set up of Star Wars and how it connects to cinema history, in the point of views of the: narrative and cinematic style, genre, auteur theory and the global film industry.