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    STanner Eitel Professor Brooks Sociology 18 April 2011 Shawshank Redemption The classic film centers on the predicament of Andy Dufresne who is ultimately found guilty of murdering his wife and receives a life-sentence; all of this occurs with little circumstantial detail given to the viewer of his innocence or guilt initially. Dufresne arrives at the infamous Shawshank correctional facility where he seems to take on a positive and optimistic attitude despite his perceived innocence to the

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    In Stephen King’s novella‚ Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption‚ it is in fact conscious and cognizant actions performed by Andy which result in his escape form the prison and free him of the of grave malice of wrongful conviction. Andy mindfully developed an advantageous‚ reciprocal relationship with the Shawshank administration. The passion from undying hope and optimism‚ in essence are his liberator. Andy’s qualifications‚ experience and knowledge play a large part in the events leading up to

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    The movie I’ve selected to analyze‚ which I feel provides a rich moral context‚ is Shawshank Redemption. The movie focuses on main character‚ Andy Dufresne‚ a banker in 1947 who was wrongfully charged with the murder of his wife and her lover. Due to the lacking of his lawyer‚ Andy was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine. In an attempt to be his best self while serving his time‚ Andy befriends fellow prisoner Eliss Redding‚ otherwise known as Red

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    however occasionally there is a person who is able to buck that trend and restore hope. Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption‚ by Rita Hayworth‚ is one of the few Christ figures that was able to restore hope to an entire nation. Andy arrived at Shawshank Penitentiary as a thirty-year-old man who had allegedly murder his wife‚ Linda Collins Dufresne‚ and her

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    Adrian Diaz-Munio Mendez Writing Seminar 1 Ms. Alanna Gibson October 30‚ 2013 Catholic Intellectual Teachings in Everyday Life Christianity plays a big role in many places‚ especially in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" and in some of Freire ’s writings. It also plays a big role in people‚ regardless they are religious or not. I do not consider myself a religious person and I see and feel the presence of Christianity almost every day of my life. For Christianity to be present‚ believes do

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    eventually escapes. SynopsisThe Shawshank Redemption is a dual-protagonist film based on the novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by world-famous author Stephen King. It certainly falls under the genre of Drama‚ as it is a story of hope and‚ namely‚ redemption. Andrew "Andy" Dufresne‚ a New England banker‚ is wrongly imprisoned after being convicted for the murders of his wife and her lover‚ based largely on evidence that doesn’t exist‚ and is sent to Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine

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    Shawshank Redemption Quietly moving‚ yet startlingly beautiful; Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that gets better every time that I see it. It was directed by Frank Darabond and based on Stephen King’s first non-horror novel. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins play two convicts serving time in a New England prison named Shawshank in the 1940’s. Tim Robbins plays a man named Andy Dufresne‚ a banker‚ who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and is sentenced to two life

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    The Shawshank Symbols of Hope In The Shawshank Redemption; Stephen King uses symbolism to help reveal the theme “man cannot live without hope”. In this movie the sisters subplot becomes an important symbol because even though Andy is treated wrongly‚ he continues to tolerate their abuse‚ with hope that he will eventually escape. Many other prisoners in that horrific situation would have been unable to cope or become violent and resentful. Andy’s behavior remained passive. Acting like this

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    Shawshank Redemption helps the reader understand the connection of how hierarchy could lead to abuse of power by people with authority. Institutions in which people have or want to have control over others can be open to abuse is shown in The Shawshank Redemption. When the warden says‚ ”I believe in two things‚ discipline and the bible. Put your trust in the lord and your ass belongs to me‚ welcome to shawshank”‚ he is justifying his abuse of power as the need to keep inmates in control. He also

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    For this assignment‚ I chose to watch and analyze the movie “Shawshank Redemption”. This movie is about a man‚ Andy Dufresne‚ who gets convicted of murdering his wife and her lover even though he claimed he was innocent of the crime. The movie takes place inside the prison where Dufresne is sentenced. In observing the movie‚ I used a functionalist mindset. Functionalist view society as a system in which all parts work together to create society as a whole. They see all societies as having important

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