Atonement

Director Joe Wright said “light tells the story, light reveals the truth” about his award-winning film Atonement which encapsulates the way he shaped the audience’s response to the idea of repent and perception. However, lighting is not the only production technique used. Cinematography and sound are two other key techniques used by Wright to tell the story of Briony Tallis on her journey to atone for her false accusation of Robbie Turner for the rape of her cousin Lola. Consequently, this…

figures. Specifically, in Christian religions including Mormonism, it is important to consider one’s relationship with Christ. Edgington et al. consider how eating disorders and perfectionism can impact individuals’ perceptions of Jesus Christ’s Atonement. Edgington et al. (2008) interviewed women at an inpatient eating disorder treatment facility in Utah County. All participants attended church at least once per month and had been diagnosed with an eating disorder. Several negative themes…

Compare and contrast the ways that McEwan, Shakespeare and Chaucer present central female characters in Atonement, The Taming of the Shrew and The Miller’s Prologue and Tale. Miller’s Tale The Miller’s tale is one of 24 selected stories from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The Tales are primarily written in verse, with the author telling tales through observation in which he creates an image of what English society was at the time. This is done through description of stock characters,…

Alongside love and tragedy, class is one of the key themes in both Atonement and The Great Gatsby. Whilst there are some clear holes in Briony and Nick’s narrative reliability, readers can still gain an insight into the portrayal of class. Ideas such as class segregation, the rich’s hollowness, and class consciousness are presented through numerous techniques. These include narrative bias, metaphorical settings, and character foreboding. Fitzgerald and McEwan alike reflect their narrators as…

This week’s discussion topic asks us why our view of atonement is critical to our view of Scripture and how it can impact our view of humanity. How we view atonement has an impact on how we view God and Christ and the importance we put on each of them. McRay gives the common definition of atonement indicating that it is the “satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends,” and theologically as “the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and man, especially as accomplished…

In Atonement by Ian McEwan, social classes are a central part of daily life for the Tallis family. Two classes are presented throughout the novel: the upper and lower classes. These two classifications are best represented by: Paul Marshal and Robbie Turner. Both of these characters are subject to, or display, discriminatory treatment because of their place in the social hierarchy. In Atonement, Ian McEwan utilizes social class in the main characters to demonstrate that class defines…

This year we watched the film Atonement by Joe Wright. In the film, the characters experience a type of trauma and we then see how it affected them. This led me to think how does childhood trauma affect people as adults? Through this inquiry I developed three key questions, what is the age or ages that a child is most affected? What are the causes of trauma? And, what are the long-term effects of trauma? My hypothesis is that through my research I will find that childhood trauma has both subtle…

In the novel atonement there are two distinctive social classes that the characters identify with. The Tallis family is rich while Robbie is not and is living under the Tallis name. The social classes influence how the characters act to their emotions. The social classes in the novel Atonement are vital for the reader so they can understand why certain people are treated in ways. The social difference between Robbie and the Tallis family caused the whole letter situation to be handled different.…

There are many things to learn about in C.S Lewis’s Mere Christianity, but the concept of the theories of atonement can confuse some readers who are not from a religious background. This essay will explain the concept of the theories of atonement. The idea of atonement is that, through the time when Jesus was alive, mankind was committing sin after sin, making everything off balance in the world and with God as well. “The death and resurrection of this one man is at the very heart of the…

was heinous crime against an entire people. Africans were stolen from their homeland, had their culture and pride beaten out of them, and their descendants continue to suffer the effects to this day. I firmly believe that African-Americans deserve atonement for what was done to us, in a way that will help us and our children heal as a race. There is, however, an innumerable amount of people that disagree. I can see how some may not appreciate the idea.…