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    Feature films‚ like any other text‚ aim to influence or challenge an audience on the basis of their attitudes and values. To achieve this‚ most feature films use central characters who share the basic values of a particular target audience. For example‚ The Shawshank Redemption‚ directed by Frank Darabont‚ uses the character of Andy Dufresne to represent values such as friendship‚ freedom and hope. Andy is wrongly convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Once in the prison‚ he is seen as a God-like

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    The Shawshank Redemption is an inspiring story about Andy Dufreine and his efforts to maintain hope and his own survival. The film begins with the story of Andy Dufresne‚ a young vice president of a prestigious Portland bank‚ is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover. He is then sent to a jail where he learns the lessons about life from a few of the inmates‚ which eventually leads to him being a part of a corrupt scheme to launder money for the warden. But after nineteen years‚ Andy

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    Shawshank Redemption Two Life Sentences The movie that won the best picture nominations is a movie that involves many different personalities and underlying themes. The personalities of the inmates are very interesting and when they are combined they create a very fascinating plot which looks at life in prison in a different perspective. “Shawshank Redemption” is a film which you wouldn’t expect to find hope‚ but it showed that a prison as a place where murderers and thieves lived‚ but also as

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    The Conflict Revealed COMM 200 Interpersonal Communication Prof. Darla Hill April 2‚ 2012 The Conflict Revealed Within interpersonal communication conflict can be defined simply as a fight or battle that can display truth and strength or highlight the most painful and unforgiving elements of emotions in everyday lives. The handling of interpersonal conflict if done properly can strengthen the relationship to which the conflict originated but if handled poorly it can cause great and irreparable

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    SS1611 Movies and Psychology Story Book Movie Title:The Shawshank Redemption Student Name:Lee Lok Yiu Student Number:53057085 Teacher Name :Dr. Andus Wong Summary of the movie The story begins with a young and successful banker Andy Dufresne whose life changes dramatically when he is convicted of the murderer of his wife and her secret lover. Therefore‚ Andy is sent to Shawshank Prison to be permanently sentenced despite his claims of innocence. During time in prison‚ Andy builds

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    Repetition‚ Symbolism‚ and Word Play in Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” Because war is a mysterious entity‚ Thomas Hardy wrote “The Man He Killed” to emphasize the occasional inadequate reason for conflict‚ and the range of emotions someone may feel after engaging in conflict that an individual might feel unnecessary‚ and after taking a persons life simply because he was my “foe”‚ especially in the Boers Wars in which the British colonized South Africa‚ in which this poem is set. Hardy is able to convey

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    Deviation of Power “Justice and power must be brought together‚ so that whatever is just may be powerful‚ and whatever is powerful may be just” (Blaise Pascal). Power is an outstanding topic in this well crafted novella‚ Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen King. Andy Dufresene‚ a gentleman who carries himself well‚ was charged of a crime he did not commit. In Shawshank state penitentiary he faces challenges with the authority of the prison‚ Warden Samuel Norton

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    Cassie Carter TH 150-Introduction to Theology Lesson 5 Graded Assignment Theological Topic Reflection Paper: The Shawshank Redemption After watching The Shawshank Redemption I still had a bit of trouble understanding the movie. So I also chose to read the book to give me a better comprehension of the movie as the book gives more of the hidden details that the movie lacks. The movie is about a banker named Andy Dufresne who was accused of double murder in the 1940s and began a life sentence at

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    Shawshank Redemption - Key Sence Essay Below is a free essay on "Shawshank Redemption - Key Sence" from Anti Essays‚ your source for free research papers‚ essays‚ and term paper examples. The key scene studied was “Beer on the Roof” from Shawshank Redemption. This scene reflects both the ideas and features of this film. The ideas in this film are that innocent people can be institutionalised‚ institutions work on fear and violence which does not fulfil the aim of institutions and that compliance

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    Avatar synopsis- Opening scene: a camera sweeps high across the treeline of a lush‚ green world. Intercut is a sequence of images of Jake Sully‚ a crippled war veteran and former Marine. He wakes up in a giant spaceship on its way to Pandora‚ a lush Earth-like moon orbiting Polyphemus‚ a blue planet similar to Jupiter. He is one of a large number of passengers‚ all waking up after almost six years of cryosleep en route to Pandora. Drifting out of his sleeping pod in zero G he’s tended by the ship’s

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