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The Shawshank Redemption is the tale of a banker who is wrongly convicted of double murder and his struggle to survive in Shawshank prison. The director, Frank Darabont, utilises the effect of colour, symbolism and foreshadowing to position the viewer to feel compassion towards the oppressed inmates and hostility towards the Warden and guards. Darabont, raises issues such as: institutionalisation, hope, freedom, corruption and oppression and has created a plot consisting of rising action and…

Australia’s historical background was a very interesting timeline and background. Australia was officially explored by Captain James Cook in 1770 while he explored the east coast, he claimed it for Britain and called it New South Wales. Australia was then considered a pearl colony because the first settlers were criminals (Ducksters.com 1). In 1803 Matthew Flinders sails around Australia and proves its an island. In 1824 Australia is named from “New Holland” to “Australia.” “In 1829 The…

The Whitlam Government implemented a large number of reforms in the 1071 days it held office between December 5, 1972 and November 11, 1975 . Gough Whitlam changed Australia indefinitely not only through its laws and establishments, but by the way it was viewed by other countries and by itself. During the reign of the Gough Whitlam government, more bills were passed in its first year than any other federal government had passed in a single year with a total of 203 bills passed (e.g. the Trade…

Australia has six major different political parties: the Australian Labor Party, the Liberal Party, The Nationals, the Australian Greens, the Australian Democrats, and One Nation. Formed in 1890, the Australian Labor Party’s commitment is to promote fairness at work, provide access to quality education no matter what a person’s circumstances, and a firm belief that we should all have…

Today the burden of disease, poor socio- economic and severe disadvantage of aboriginal Australians is a testament to a history of colonisation and its continuation ( Mitchell 2007) policies still push for communities to move from homelands and assimilate to be able to have access to the same health care, education and housing as non-indigenous…

The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite film of all time and I can almost watch the whole film just by closing my eyes. The film is about a man named Andy Dufesne who is sent to prison on belief that he had killed his wife and the man she was cheating on him with. He is only a banker who claims to be innocent to the crime and is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the Shawshank State Penitentiary. While he is at Shawshank he remains to believe that he himself is innocent while the…

Through the days in Shawshank, Andy never lost hope. Loosing hope inside of Shawshank is like Captain Hadley beating “Fat Ass” in the first scenes. “Fat Ass” lost all hope as soon as the prison doors shut and he knew there was no escape. Andy took this into consideration to always have his guard up and not let things get to him. When meeting Red he met somebody who reflected Andy’s life. Seeing how Red was a down to earth guy helped Andy throughout his time in Shawshank prison. The director of…

Vinoth Loganathan Mark 3.9 Frank Darabont – Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile Anne Bradstreet once said “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Frank Darabont effectuates this simple principal in his work. He successfully illustrates and imparts this comprehension into the mind of his viewers making his impact in the world. It can be drawn that this principle is close to his heart as it is craftily presented in most of his works. Frank…

There are a number of conflicts Frank Darabont used to show institutionalisation in the film Shawshank Redemption. This is shown in physical, verbal, internal conflict between the prisoners, guards and the warden. Conflict can be found in the form of physical violence. At Shawshank prison physical violence was not only common between the inmates but the guards were also violent toward the prisoners. The first few years Andy was at Shawshank Red’s voice over stated he would, “every so often, turn…

In both “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” written by Stephen King and in The Shawshank Redemption written and directed by Frank Darabont, Red tells us early in the story that Andy did not commit the crime he was Jailed for. Injustice can be defined many ways the most relevant being “violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.” The theme of injustice is used throughout both works to further enhance and unfold the story. Andy Dufresne was one of the few…