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    Shawshank Redemption Essay Question 8: Analyse how specific techniques were used to portray inspiring ideas in a visual; or oral text. Directed by Frank Darabont‚ The Shawshank Redemption tells the Story of Andy Dufrane‚ a man who has been wrongly convicted of murder and must endure life inside the harsh and corrupt Shawshank prison‚ but despite this he never loses hope of finding freedom. Hope is an important inspiring idea in this film‚ as it is what sustains him during the long and difficult

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    Critique of "The Shawshank Redemption" The Shawshank Redemption is a great film depicting the journey of Andy Dufresne‚ as played by Tim Robbins‚ getting convicted of murdering his wife and getting sent to jail. The only thing: he didn’t do it. This is one of my most favored movies to watch‚ it also happens to be a good short story by Stephen King. One of the main things that rally grabbed my attention was the casting. I feel that Morgan Freeman as Red was a great choice. His acting is always

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    The Review of The Shawshank Redemption The events The Shawshank Redemption take place in 1947. Andy (Tim Robbins) is a young banker who is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. He is sentenced to life imprisonment‚ which means that he will be in Shawshank prison through the rest of his life. For a long time‚ Andy does not talk to anyone. While everyone complains‚ he is leisurely walking in the yard‚ just like in the park. A month later‚ the first thing that Andy asks his inmate Red (Morgan

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    environments. The setting for the road is in a post-apocalyptic world. No locations are used except the road that leads from the forest and once they have entered to the road Mccarthy uses techniques of withholding information to create mystery. In Shawshank Redemption‚ the setting is shown very visually with it first being shown with the use of camera angles particularly a birdseye view showing the whole prison. Both texts show both protagonists have had to adapt to being in these situations‚ neither of

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    a main theme: Colour Lighting Music The movie “The Shawshank Redemption”‚ directed by Frank Darabont‚ is a movie adaptation of the novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. It’s a prison drama about hope and the related issues of freedom and redemption. The director uses features such as colour‚ lighting and music to help us understand these ideas. At the start of the movie‚ we see the main character Andy Dufresne being accused for murdering his wife and her lover. The

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    Final Project- Shawshank Redemption What is the dominant perspective in the correctional institutions that are took place in your viewed movie? I choose to watch The Shawshank Redemption; the dominant perspective in the correctional institution that took place in this movie was a get-tough perspective. It is believed that society needs to “get even” with those who do social harm and feel that the longer a person is incarcerated the less likely they will be able to commit another crime. What do

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    The opening scenes of Shawshank Redemption highlight the extent to which the prisoners have isolated themselves and compromised their sense of identity. Freedom is a frightening concept for Red‚ who dreams of being paroled but eventually‚ struggles to find his place in society after almost forty years in prison. Red identifies Andy as the part of himself who never let go of the idea of freedom. The Power of Hope Hope‚ more than anything else‚ drives the inmates at Shawshank and gives them the will

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    In The Shawshank Redemption friendship is a big part of the whole plot.In the prison in which the inmmates are in friendship is what in way keeps them sane and stops them from going insane.Especially main characters such as Andy and Red who depend on eachothers friendship to have a meaning to live on.Also you can see friendship is a big thing because everyone in the prison is with someone and has a friend no one is alone.It seems as if they use friendship not only to show they’re not alone but to

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    The Shawshank Redemption For my analysis‚ I chose the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Frank Darabont directed Shawshank and wrote the screenplay based on the novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by author Stephen King. The movie was made in 1994 and produced by Niki Marvin. The movie stars Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins as two convicts serving time in a New England prison named Shawshank. Tim Robbins plays a man named Andy Dufresne‚ a banker‚ who gets convicted of murdering his wife

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    Although “Shawshank redemption” was situated on Red and Andy’s on dynamic perspectives on hope and the bigger picture‚ the author divided our attention onto different conflicting opinions. “I wanna go home‚ I want my momma” . Symbolism is used to represent ideas and qualities indirectly. The author of “Shawshank redemption” used these choices of text to Symbolise and climax the Tone of the words of the persona on his first night in jail resembling a newborn on his first night after birth.Through

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