Immorality In The Truman Show

The film, The Truman Show, outlines the encounters associated with morality, immorality and amorality that is highlighted in today’s society. The theme of immorality is portrayed throughout the lives of the two main characters; Truman’s wife, Meryl and the show’s director and God-like character, Christof. Meryl, Christof, Sylvia and the viewers of the television show are all integral components in Peter Weir’s comment on society’s conflict and struggle to differentiate what is moral, amoral and immoral.
Christof is a crucial example of the immorality which is represented throughout the film. During the course of the television show, Christof continuously disregards the personal moments and individual feelings of Truman by presenting this to
Truman values Meryl as his closest friend on the television show, even though he does not realise Meryl is in fact deceiving and manipulating him almost to the extent of Christof himself, which is primarily shown in the film when Meryl fakes her love for Truman to the extent of accepting to have children with Truman for the sheer entertainment of the television audience. This is demonstrated in the film when Meryl is crossing her fingers while taking her vows on her wedding day to get married to Truman, which is clearly revealed to the reader that Meryl will go throw anything for the entertainment of the viewers. Meryl also shows little care to Truman when she often outright lies to Truman and clearly advertising various items throughout the show, manipulating and driving Truman mad with suspiciousness and also shows that Meryl would do absolutely anything that the director conveys her to do. In conclusion, it is apparent that Meryl shows little care towards Truman, will do anything to captivate the television viewers and highlights immorality throughout the show, however, not all the actors that participated in the Truman show were immoral, as is discovered when Sylvia is