Comparing the movies The Count of Monte Cristo and Shawshank Redemption share a lot of similar qualities in the realm of revenge as its main theme. In the film Shawshank Redemption the main character Andy Dufrense is accused of shooting his wife and lover yet he remained unable to recollect any memory of such actions and therefore he is falsely accused and imprisoned. In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo’s the protagonist Edmond Dante is decived by his falsely claimed best friend which in return leads him to be falsely accused and imprisoned as well. Men full of hope and freedom withstood tragic amounts of physical and emotional suffering but still remained hopeful in life.
The two men in the films Andy Dufresne and Edmond Dantes suffered substantial amounts in confinement, although the films time periods are about 140 years in difference, one character did have a noticeably rougher time in captivity. Shawshank Redemption’s set is in the 1940's so main character Andy Dufresne’s rights as prisoners are much more greatly represented in his time. Andy Dufresne was given …show more content…
Such an example can be Edmond Dantes’s character had a much more lonely companionship in prison as he is one of just a few prisoners in the prison other than the old preacher that is tunneling through the prison in the wrong direction for an escape route. But when it comes to Andy’s incarceration he had enough exposure with other inmates that he was able to begin multiple meaningful relationships with the other prisoners that he worked beside in the laundry mat and other social opportunities. Once others of Andy’s companion there is portrayal of not being able to function in the everyday life because of their adaption to prison life and the endless routine has stopped and can’t gain back a sense of normality and crack
The two men in the films Andy Dufresne and Edmond Dantes suffered substantial amounts in confinement, although the films time periods are about 140 years in difference, one character did have a noticeably rougher time in captivity. Shawshank Redemption’s set is in the 1940's so main character Andy Dufresne’s rights as prisoners are much more greatly represented in his time. Andy Dufresne was given …show more content…
Such an example can be Edmond Dantes’s character had a much more lonely companionship in prison as he is one of just a few prisoners in the prison other than the old preacher that is tunneling through the prison in the wrong direction for an escape route. But when it comes to Andy’s incarceration he had enough exposure with other inmates that he was able to begin multiple meaningful relationships with the other prisoners that he worked beside in the laundry mat and other social opportunities. Once others of Andy’s companion there is portrayal of not being able to function in the everyday life because of their adaption to prison life and the endless routine has stopped and can’t gain back a sense of normality and crack