On The Waterfront. 1. - Joey Doyle gets murdered. (pushed off a roof) * Terry gets questioned by the waterfront commissioners about Joey’s murder. * A church gathering (including dockworkers) is held to find out who murdered Joey. Terry is sent by Johnny to rat them out. * Terry hits on Edie (Joey’s sister) * Edie wants Terry to help her find Joey’s murderer. But he is partly to blame. * The cops tell Terry to testify in court. Terry is reluctant and doesn’t want to
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illiterate waterfront bum Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) follows behind‚ surviving as a lackey by running odd jobs and errands for Johnny and doing strong-arm work. He is asked to lure to the rooftop of his tenement building a young dockworker Joey Doyle‚ one of the informant union workers who is planning to “sing to the crime commission” by testifying before the Waterfront Crime Commission against gangsters who tyrannically control the docks. Terry shouts to fellow pigeon-lover Joey that he has his
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Jacob Marks Dr. Williams CRTW 2 10 November 2011 The Portrayal Of The Working Class The film‚ On The Waterfront‚ portrays the labor unions and the working class in a rather unflattering light. It portrays the working class as uneducated‚ uncivilized‚ undesirable‚ and immoral and also portrays the working class as subservient to the upper class. The stereotypical portrayal of the working class in On The Waterfront conforms to and overturns the stereotypical portrayals of the working class found
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individual who is a major catalyst in the changes that occur. However‚ he does not do it alone. Father Barry’s influence was vital as his motivational speeches helped inspire Terry as well as other dock workers to fight for what was right. Similarly‚ Edie Doyle is resilient in fighting to find out who murdered her brother which involves going to desperate measures to persuade Terry to help her and do the right thing. This shows us that change can be initiated by the individual‚ it can only be sustained
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being a “bum”‚ lost in his morality‚ to a hero and leader for himself and his fellow longshoremen. His choice to “rat” on Friendly is brought on by his newly awakened conscience‚ not anger. This conscience is a result of his developing love for Edie Doyle‚ and the pressing care of Father Barry. Together they push him towards making the morally correct decision. Terry’s anger in the film arises from the death of his brother Charlie‚ “one of [Friendly’s] own”. This however‚ it is not the reason he
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Kazan does not only use Terry Malloy by establishing him a hero in On the Waterfront to value individual conscience or moral growth above community loyalty or sense of obligation‚ but also other characters like Edie and Father Barry. Unlike Terry‚ who has to gain individual conscience‚ Edie and Father Barry have never been really closely connected to the community‚ which allows them individual conscience. Their supporting role of Terry’s moral growth is used by Kazan to praise individual conscience
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of the longshoremen. Through the influences of people like Edie Doyle and Father Barry‚ we see how hope can help us in our quest to disregard our fears of those that oppress us. In addition‚ we also see that the battle between our morality and our need to protect ourselves is difficult. We note that the need for courage to take a stand and do the right thing is important. This is shown mostly in Terry‚ but characters like Kayo and Joey Doyle also prove themselves to prefer justice to security. At
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against oppressive forces for the collective good. However‚ Terry is not always an ardent warrior for justice and first has to evolve from being a “lousy stinkin’ bum”. This transformation is only completed through the enlisted aid of the angelic Edie‚ revealing that individual empowerment is often externally influenced. Reeking of oppression and constraint‚ Kazan uses the physicality of the Hoboken docks to convey a world that “ain’t a part of America”‚ where corruption and the “love of a lousy
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who takes on the corrupt waterfront bosses‚ is one of the great screen performances in cinema history. The film explores the struggle between conscience and self interest and the question of where loyalty belongs. Eva Marie Saint plays the innocent Edie whose love encourages Terry to become a hero. The film’s black-and-white photography gives a stark presentation of the dirty tenements and the treacherous docks where the characters live and work. BRIEF SYNOPSIS
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else‚ not bright and follows the code “D and D”. Redeeming yourself in this film is about righting your wrongs‚ to the people you’ve hurt and the people you owe. The actions that Terry takes in this movie is about redeeming his self‚ although he loves Edie and his brother and love has a vital role in the film but redemption is a more
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