Symbolism In Schindler's List Directed By Steven Spielberg

In the film Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg we see lots of symbols that add meaning to settings in the film. Some symbols used in this is Money, Nazi Badges and color. Each symbol gives a separate meaning to each scene in the film and have different meanings for both the viewer and Oskar by the end of the film. the writer’s purpose was to bring light to a different side of a German during the 2nd World War. Schindler started off buying Jews to make money for himself but by the end of the movie he was just trying to save them. At the end you see Schindler saying “This car. Goeth would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? Ten people right there. Ten people. Ten more people.”. Schindler had changed throughout this movie to what we wouldn’t relate someone who supports the NAZI party to be like. The message from this movie was that people can change. In the start of the movie Schindler was a man who blew money on anything he could and a man that supported what the NAZI party believed in. Throughout the …show more content…
These badges are focused on in the opening scenes. This creates for the viewer an impression that these people in the restaurant are bad people who do bad things. The viewer knows that this movie is about WW2 and the people they can see are part of the Nazi party. Oskar is seen putting a Nazi badge on in the opening scene of the film and wearing it with pride throughout the movie, however when Oskar is getting ready to leave because he has committed war crimes the viewer sees him regretting keeping the badge for it could’ve saved 1 more person. This creates meaning because the viewer sees how much emotion one little badge can make a man who everyone thought would be a bad man at the start of the film. Nazi badges add meaning to the opening scene because it creates the first impression for the viewer. As the audience watches this scene they learn that this film will be based around WW2 and the