West Side Story is a brilliant updating of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the two warring families of Verona now two streets gangs of kids from two different immigrant cultures coexisting in one New York City neighborhood. West Side Story demonstrates yet again the enduring quality of Shakespeare’s work‚ how he explored personal desires and social structures so intrinsically human that we can still identify with his characters 400 years later and recognize how our reinvented society mirrors those
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and retribution." Years later in 1994‚ Shawshank Redemption was again recognized by a wider audience. It was released as a major motion picture directed by Frank Darabont. The film presented very respectable actors‚ such as Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. "The Shawshank Redemption creates a warm hold on our feelings because it makes us a member of a family. Many movies offer us vicarious experiences and quick‚ superficial emotions. Shawshank slows down and looks‚" said Roger Ebert of the Chicago
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The movie "Shawshank Redemption"‚ written and directed by Frank Darabont is about Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who in 1947 is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. However‚ only Andy knows that he didn’t commit the crimes. Sent to Shawshank Prison to do hard time‚ Andy‚ a banker in the outside world has to learn to get by in the brutal‚ cutthroat confines of prison life as he is subjected to vicious attacks from the guards and his fellow in-mates
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English 1002 Section-006 26 April 2012 The Journey Towards Freedom Throughout the film Shawshank Redemption (1994) directed by Frank Darabont‚ the audience watches as the protagonist goes through a compelling heroic journey. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is a young successful banker whose life is suddenly turned up-si-down when he is falsely accused of the murder of his wife and her lover. Following his conviction‚ Andy is sent to Shawshank prison where he faces a life sentence. Before long‚ Andy
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‘A critical reading and contextualisation of West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ lyrics by Stephan Sondheim and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.’ West Side Story is a 1961 film set in the mid-1950s in the upper west side of New York. West Side Story is based and inspired by Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. In West Side Story the protagonist is the former leader of the Jets‚ Tony‚ who
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The 2008 U.S. presidential election brought the issue of domestic terrorism to national attention when it was reported that then-candidate Barack Obama was professionally linked to William “Bill” Ayers‚ co-founder of the Weather Underground. The Weather Underground was a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)‚ a national organization representing the New Left on college campuses. The American public was forced to confront the actions of the Weathermen‚ as they were known
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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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Farah Anwar Sir Shehram Culture‚ Media and Society 4th February 2015 Movie Reflection Tim Robbins’ ’Dead Man Walking’ is a courageous piece of cinema. Despite the fact that the film is around a man on death column and a nun’s battle to help him‚ I enjoyed how he exhibited both sides of the focal topic of the death penalty. He simply recounts the story and lets the occasions play on the viewer’s psyche. This is so viable in light of the fact that it permits the viewer to structure his own
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Abstract This paper explores the terrorist group named the Weathermen Underground Organization that was active in the United States from December of 1969 to the middle of 1974. It explains their history of the terrorist group and how they got started. Through the splitting of different organizations the founding members emerged and started the new organization. The paper will also explore the groups ideologies and goals of the Weathermen. The Weathermen Underground Organization’s History‚ Ideologies
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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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