Glory Movie Analysis

The viewpoints of the Civil War were clearly portrayed in the movie Glory through the plot and the characters. As the movie progressed, the two main perspectives evolved and eventually joined together to form a common view. These two perspectives came primarily from that of the white officers and the black soldiers. Both risked their lives for freedom, but had different outlooks on the situations due to their backgrounds. The two main perspectives of the movie realistically reflected the profile of the freed slaves fighting for their freedom and the elite white commanders. Throughout the beginning of the movie, Shaw, a white abolitionist, saw blacks as equals and was not afraid to fight alongside them. One of his closest friends, Searles, …show more content…
With a common perspective before the battle, it was clear that the entire infantry and their leaders no longer saw one and other as black and white, but as a group that had poured their blood, sweat and tears into a cause greater than them for the good of their nation. As they rode into battle, against an unknown outcome, they supported one another without hesitation. If one man got knocked down, another would fill into his position. The flag got passed on through different hands, symbolically showing that they were all fighting for their nation as one. When Shaw fell, dead, the soldiers charged on, through their hunger and pain. After grueling hours of fighting, they proudly accomplished the goal that their had worked months for. Glory through unity. In the concluding scene, Captain Robert Shaw was buried among his men. Usually, this was a sign of disrespect, but for the 54th Infantry, it was a sign of accomplishment and change from the past, foreshadowing the complete abolition of slavery and the reformation of a united country with common