Having an upbringing with the belief in a religious God differs in comparison to the nurturing background where faith in a humans’ moral sense of right and wrong is strongly valued; these difference’s bring variations of individual characteristics and personalities to society. How can the moral and ethical beliefs of one person immensely influence their life choices? In Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors, it follows two storylines where the protagonist Judah Rosenthal, commits serious transgressions and the subplot’s lead character Clifford Stern is a seemingly honest character full of morality. Both of these characters have been raised and have noticeable different ethical beliefs that can be seen throughout the movie; these opinions are what influence their choices and expectations towards life.
Judah Rosenthal is the first character introduced in Crimes …show more content…
This shows almost in resemblance with how Judah is a man of science, but is still being affected by his religious upbringing; “He vacillates between Jack’s practical realism and ben’s spiritual idealism, experiences angst, but ultimately chooses the practical, skeptical, materialistic position represented by Jack” (Vipond 102). He subconsciously is afraid to have Dolores murdered because there is still the lingering fact that perhaps God could be watching him. In a flashback or mix of fantasy and memory of Judah’s, a disagreement between his father Saul and his aunt May over dinner in regards to ethics; “For those who want morality, there’s morality”, Mat states that if someone could do murder and get away with it and not be bothered by guilt then that is the end of it. Whereas Saul states that “one way or another he will be punished”, that the murderer with be outed and he will always “choose God over
Judah Rosenthal is the first character introduced in Crimes …show more content…
This shows almost in resemblance with how Judah is a man of science, but is still being affected by his religious upbringing; “He vacillates between Jack’s practical realism and ben’s spiritual idealism, experiences angst, but ultimately chooses the practical, skeptical, materialistic position represented by Jack” (Vipond 102). He subconsciously is afraid to have Dolores murdered because there is still the lingering fact that perhaps God could be watching him. In a flashback or mix of fantasy and memory of Judah’s, a disagreement between his father Saul and his aunt May over dinner in regards to ethics; “For those who want morality, there’s morality”, Mat states that if someone could do murder and get away with it and not be bothered by guilt then that is the end of it. Whereas Saul states that “one way or another he will be punished”, that the murderer with be outed and he will always “choose God over