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    novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King is beneficial towards year 10 boys because it effectively examines important issues‚ such as the influence of institutions and the power of hope‚ in achieving any desires an individual has. King confronts the importance of hope‚ in achieving any desires an individual has‚ through the author’s symbolic use of the protagonist Andy Dufrense‚ who is a representation of hope. Throughout the book‚ Andy’s utter hope and determination to keep

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    “Everyone needs freedom.” Discuss this idea in light of your study of The Shawshank Redemption. The walls of Shawshank are both confining and comforting for the men they imprison. The Shawshank Redemption takes a dual approach to ideas of freedom‚ exploring both the need for a sense of freedom and the desire to remain in the security of the institution. Andy’s twenty-year struggle to escape represents the profound human need to be free. The enjoyment of the prisoners as they share beers

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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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    The Shawshank Redemption I. Character: Generally‚ in a conventional film‚ the principle character will possess these qualities: * We identify with him or her * They engage us. I want to be clear here that we do not necessarily have to like the principle character‚ but we do have to be engaged by the character; perhaps curiosity is enough. However‚ in almost every conventional film‚ the film tries to make the principle character likable. It accomplishes this through any number of ways:

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    The Shawshank Redemption ‘Darabont’s direction in The Shawshank Redemption emphasises contrasts and paradox: in ideas‚ in characters‚ in mood. How does he use cinematic techniques to achieve this?’ In The Shawshank Redemption Darabont uses cinematic techniques to illustrate contrast. Power & Weakness‚ Freedom & Oppression‚ Isolation & Companionship are the fundamental themes that differentiate from each other in the film. Darabont effectively utilises filming techniques to highlight

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    Frank Darabont directed The Shawshank Redemption 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 and her lover and is sent to prison in Shawshank. Andy eventually becomes good

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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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    Shawshank Redemption Paper In Shawshank Redemption‚ the author Stephen King emphasizes that the prison system dehumanizes the inmates and that there is too much corruption inside jail. He shows that crime doesn’t pay‚ that those who believe are superior to anyone are the powerless characters of the story. Some inmates conceive that it is never worth to commit a crime‚ since crime never pays you back. Everything starts by Andy wrongfully being accused of murdering his wife and her lover. He

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    Analyse how at least TWO of the following were used to present 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

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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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