Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

In Frank Darabont's screenplay for the film, "The Shawshank Redemption," Andy Dufresne , the protagonist, is sentenced for two consecutive life terms in Shawshank prison for the murder of his wife and her lover . Andy knows that he has not committed these crimes and was somehow framed for their murders. Andy suffered in prison initially because the other prisoners were thinking that he was a snob and especially because of the frequent attacks and rape from a gang of men called " the sisters".…

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS The movie Crime and Misdemeanors is a Woody Allen’s movie focused onto the lives of two men with entirely distinct characters. The movie presents an eye doctor Judah as the person who is wealthy and his family is very reputed in the society his father is a famous religious man. Judah has an extra martial affair wherein Judah as his brother to kill his mistress to avoid shame for his family when his mistress threatens him to go public about their affair, Judah…

Shawshank Redemption portrayed such a strong and inspiring theme of hope throughout the course of the movie. As we learned more about the prisoners at Shawshank we saw the hope or lack thereof that many prisoners had. The prisoners of Shawshank had different reasons for being there, they had different ideas of what they wanted to accomplish, if anything at all while incarcerated or after they were released. With compelling evidence Andy had hoped of getting out of prison, Tommy had varying…

In 1991, Manuel Puig published a novel titled Kiss of the Spider Woman. In the novel, the two main characters, Molina, a homosexual window dresser incarcerated for allegedly corrupting a minor, and Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary imprisoned for supposed terrorist activities, are set in an Argentine prison. As the plot progresses, the misery of prison life makes these two cellmates very close friends. By making use of the time both characters are in prison to share films related by Molina and…

he Shawshank Redemption” is one of those movies that I wished I’d seen on the big screen. Thanks to videos, however, all was not lost. Whether intentional or not, this film is about grace and hope, as well as the redemption that can occur even in the most dark and degrading corners of our world. Conceived and produced by the secular film community, this engrossing film stands as one of the most entertaining, thought-provoking dramas of this century. But, it’s a film for mature audiences. It…

“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is an interpretive short story about Jackson Jackson. In this story, Jackson Jackson has found himself in a situation where he struggles with many conflicts to recover his grandmother’s stolen regalia. He becomes very persistent in fulfilling this mission on his own despite the adverse circumstances he has to deal with. The author of this story, Sherman Alexie, created the character of Jackson Jackson with a few similarities between them. They are both Spokane…

Redemption is the act of being saved or saving another person from some sort of peril or a difficult situation. In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes experiences a need for redemption early in his life and then satisfies that need when he seeks revenge. Guy Montag is redeemed in Fahrenheit 451 when he is saved from brainwashing by the government by seeing through their deception. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Henry Jekyll has a need for redemption…

If there is one thing that I gathered from the book, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” and the film, “Wasteland”, it’s a sense of hope. Not all poverty is equal, and not all charities are truthful. Especially in, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” the characters show how to be good people despite their situation. In “Wastleland,” without the hope of a future from Tiaõ, none of the artwork or success would have been possible. Although both situations are difficult and many people would sense no…

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…

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…