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One of the all-time great movies Shawshank Redemption based on Stephen King’s book has some of the most thought provoking and poignant quotes, one of which I think is “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free”. This sentence has nuances that deserve careful inspection. However, before diving into the quote, let’s pause to define what fear and hope are. Fear is one of the basic and strongest emotions known and can redefine who you are. It has the power to make us curl up in a corner,…

The Shawshank Redemption- Angus Dally Show how the director of The Shawshank Redemption uses recurring symbols as a device to reinforce ideas. In the film The Shawshank Redemption, the director Frank Darabont uses a number of recurring symbols to reinforce ideas. The frequent shots of elements of the prison, the pin up girls in Andy’s cell, and the symbolic use of water all serve to build on the ideas on freedom, change, and deception presented in the film. In the film there are very regular…

"The Shawshank Redemption" starts off with the familiar brutality of a prison movie. Convicted in the late 1940s for the murder of his wife and her lover, banker Tim Robbins is thrown into the slammer (the Shawshank penitentiary in Maine) for two consecutive life sentences. Seasoned inmate Morgan Freeman—the narrator in this story—watches as the soft-spoken, vulnerable prisoner undergoes the inevitable gang rape. Prison, Freeman tells the audience in that inimitably authoritative voice, "is no…

The movie Shawshank Redemption is a film that was about a banker named Andy Dufresne who was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for murdering his beloved wife and her lover. He knows that he did not commit the crimes, he was being accused of something he did not do. While his stay at prison, he made some friends and lives through the harsh life in prison. This movie has shown what he went through. It shows his difficulties and experiences throughout his many years of confinement in…

The Shawshank redemption was released on September 23, 1994, it was directed by Frank Darabont. The Shawshank Redemption won several Academy Awards, such as best picture, best Actor in a leading role. It’s worth the time because of the story line, time frame, setting, and casting. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a banker that was wrongly convicted for killing his wife and her lover. The story is set in 1949, and told through Ellis “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman) we see through his point of view. He…

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Essential Questions: How does having a belief (in something or someone) help us to conquer fear and keep hope alive? -When you have something to hold on to, to live for it gives you strength to do whatever you want to do. Is rehabilitation possible? Are we obliged (as a society) to rehabilitate criminals? -Its possible, but then again some people never change. You can only help or save a person if they want to be helped/ saved. What is justice? What is truth?…

The Shawshank redemption; directed by Frank Darabont is a film that follows the story of a wrongly convicted double murderer Andy Dufresne. Upon entering Shawshank, a Corrupt prison run by the Warden, he meets Ellis Boyd Redding whom is also known as red. The director uses the pair to create a monumental sense of hope in the film. In contrast to the prison environment of the film, Andy is the image of hope, whereas Red and the other prisoners have evidently given up hope and have become…

To think or not to think. To wonder or not to wonder. That is the question. Sociology comes up in many ways in The Shawshank Redemption defines a large multitude of sociological terms. The instances in this movie are tragic, concerning, and yet wonderful. They make your mind jog at the speed of light as you realize “That’s a social group!” or “That’s a style of Culture!”. So many instances that in fact, the list would possibly consist of 76% of the sociological knowledge. This movie truly does…

Introduction A journey is often more important than the destination you reach; a popular message that is represented in both the films Cool Hand Luke and Shawshank Redemption. Both of these movies focus on the themes of determination and self worth, even while being set in the bleak lives of prisoners in intense prisons with seemingly no hope. Still, these films create a sense of motivational drive in individuals and have even changed the lives of the people who view them. Furthermore, it is…

A moving story about an up and coming banker Andrew “Andy” Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who finds himself an inmate at the Shawshank prison. There, he learns how to adapt to prison life and learns about life through fellow prison inmates who become his friends. The Shawshank Redemption was released in 1994, the movie was written and directed by Frank Darabont but based on Stephen King’s “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”. Andrew Dufresne, known as Andy in the film is the main character. He is…