Truman Show Character Development

In the film, Truman Show by Peter Weir, the director used a variety of visual and verbal techniques to develop the character Truman Burbank. Wier used the movement of actors, dialogue, props and symbolism to show how Truman progressed from being a typical all-American guy to a courageous man who 's willing to face his fears to break free from the chains that binds him to his 'creator. '

Truman Burbank is a star of his own show- The Truman Show- and everybody knows except him. He lives in the best place in the world, Seahaven, where the people are always friendly and well-dressed. The houses they live in are painted to perfection with well-tended gardens. Here, Truman lives a seemingly perfect life with his beautiful wife, Meryl, and reliable friend, Marlon. As events unfold, Weir shows the audience how Truman is actually unsatisfied with his life- he feels trapped in his marriage and restricted with his job. He yearns for an adventure and dreams of finding Sylvia, his true love.

Weir used dialogue and movement of actors to establish for the viewers what Truman is like in the beginning. The start of the film shows him acting out a role of a brave explorer in front of a mirror, saying: 'Eat me dammit!That 's an order! ' Because he doesn 't have enough excitement in his life and Seahaven is not offering him the challenge he wants, he tries to make up for it by imagining a different life. He 's also constantly tells his best friend, Marlon that he 's 'thinking of getting out ' and is 'going away for a while. ' But interestingly enough, even with a great desire of getting out, Truman never tries his hardest to leave Seahaven. Weir used Cristof 's dialogue to show this: 'If it was more than just a vague ambition, if he [Truman] was absolutely determined to discover the truth, there 's no way we could prevent him. ' In this stage of the story, Weir shows that Truman is far from being a courageous man.

To make sure Truman can 't and won 't leave, Cristof,