毕业论文(英文)-浅析电影《肖申克的救赎》中的希望与救赎

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V The Complementary Relationship Between Hope and Redemption6

VI Hope and Redemption in Reality Life

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6.1 Hope on People's Practical Significance

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6.2 Self Redemption in Modern Society.

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References

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A Brief Analysis on Hope and Redemption in the Film

The Shawshank Redemption

I

Introduction

The shawshank redemption

is

an

American

film

written and

directed by

Frank

Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan freeman. And this film was adapted

from

the

Stephen

king

novella

Rita

Hayworth

and

shawshank

redemption

.

Many

people hold on the view that this film was about the hope, the friendship and the faith,

they

think

that

it

is

an

allegory

for

maintaining

one

?

s

feeling

of

self- worth

when

placed in a hopeless situation, but there also have a very important argument, that is

the

redemption.

Redemption

is

a

significant

part

in

the

film;

it

can

be

the

complementary of another part hope. Every one may watch this movie, the story may

be simple, but the truth behind the words is profound. The majority of people are in

favor of the opinion that Andy Dufresne is a brave and wise man, and he raises the

hopes or spirits of the person in the prison. I just remember the very impressive words,

“

Fear can hold you prisoner, and hope can set you free. A strong man can save

himself; a great man can save another.

”

(King, 1983:118). This sentence says that

if we conquered our fears and then we will get the final

hope and free.

Freedom in

prison is a precious gift for those prisoners, and we should understand this freedom

means their inner resources, the guilty man should save themselves and they should

be repentant of things they did. So hope and redemption are much more important for

characters

in

the

shawshank

prison,

and

also

for

every

person.

Auto-criticism

is

a

foundation

of

hope.

People

cannot

do

without

hope.

A

firm

belief

can

prop

up

the

hope, and then it can only take you so far. This article is mainly talk about the hope

and redemption in the film

The shawshank redemption

, and hope and salvation in our

modern society. (Rogers, 2010:131)

II

A Brief Analysis on

The Shawshank Redemption

The

Shawshank

Redemption

was

a

film

acted

by

Tim

Robbins

and

Morgan

freeman.

Tim

Robbins

stars

as

Andy

Dufresne

and

Morgan

freeman

as

Ellis

Boyd

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?red? Redding

. Andy

?

s experience in prison and the rare friendship with Red is main

clue;

his

self- security

and

what

he

did

in

prison

also

give

rise

to

the

attention.

All

these things are just signs, the internal factors are intricate. For instance, the society

and the institution of law at that time and so on.

Social background is the foremost

section. And different people have different

character. So it also plays an important

role in the film.

2.1

The Social Background of the Movie

This

story

mainly

talked

about

that

the

smart

banker

Andy

Dufresne,

who

is

falsely accused and convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy was sent

to shawshank prison in 1940, he met many fellows in the prison, also including Red,

his important friend. In prison, he did many things and his persistence cheers others

up. How about the life in prison?

“First

you hate them, then you get used to, enough

time

passes

…

you

get

so

you

depend

on

them.

This

is

i

< br>nstitutionalized.”

(King,

1983:126)

Red

said.

Institutionalized

is

terrible

for

every

person.

And

Prison

life

consists

of

routine,

and

then

more

routine

.

When

people

adapted

to

the

environment,

they will be stereotyped. Even they left prison, they cannot adapt to the new life, and

it is so lamentable. So society has a great influence on people. The story took place in

an

age

without

belief.

The

society

never

are

lacking

of

the

degeneration

and

corruption. (Studs, 1980:217) Although we are in a bad circumstance, we also should

hold on and take action optimistic.

2.2

The Main Characters in the Movie

I am impressed by the three men; they are Andy, Red and Brooks. Andy is the

soul in the movie. He is an optimistic, tolerant and rational man. Although he was put

in to prison undeserved, he never gave up, and tried his best to escape from the prison,

just like his friend Red said that he had a quiet way about him, he just like a man in

the park without a care or a

worry in the world. From a banker to a prisoner, what

makes him so calm and carefree? I think it is an attitude toward life, though this role,

the movie convey the hope. Other prisoners can get the hope and the inner redemption

from Andy. He used his knowledge to help others, to get the beers from the jailer; he

played

the

music

back

to

everyone:

he

rebuilt

the

library

and

so

on.

These

things

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indicated that he never abandon his hope, he want to free. This image is a redeemer

for the inmates and for himself. The second man is Red. The Irish man in the movie,

but in progenitor original work, he is an Irish American. With the change of thought,

Red got

free finally.

To some extent, it

own into

Andy.

Andy?

s thought exerted an

influence on Red. So his attitude toward parole rejection has changed and approved

finally. Red said to Andy that hope is a dangerous thing; hope can drive a man insane.

But he said that there are places in the world that aren

?

t made out of stone; there is

something

inside

that

they

can

get

to

that

they

cannot

touch.

(Chen,

2010:97)It

is

yours, which is hope. These words cheer him up. And then he did not like Brooks,

another

man

in

the

prison.

Brooks

is

an

old

man

who

lived

in

shawshank

several

decades. And he was institutionalized by the prison. After he left the prison, he also

could not live. It was a tragedy. If someone has hope he will free. Hope maybe the

best of things and no good thing ever dies.

III

The Best Explanation of Hope

What

is

hope?

Why

we

should

have

or

manifest

hope?

Hope

is

the

emotional

state,

the

opposite

of

which

is

despair,

which

promotes

the

belief

in

a

positive

outcome related to events and circumstances in one

?

s life. It is the feeling that what is

wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. This is a general definition

in the dictionary. And what is your hope? Different people have different hope. In a

word, hope is always good. In the film,

Andy?

s hope is free, so he chose self-redeem.

He wanted to go to Zihuatanejo, is a little place on the Pacific Ocean. There has no

memory. It is a warm place with no memory, a beautiful hope. Hope can set you free.

(Wang, 2006:195)Everyone wants to free. The hope can be flowers in our dreams.

3.1

Hope can Set You Free

Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. No one can get the entire their

ideal freedom. But if we have hope, we will have the courage to live. People should

grasp

at

hopes.

In

the

shawshank,

prisoners

did

not

have

the

hope,

they

are

living

without aims. But Andy brought the sunshine to them. They know what the real life is.

Like Red, he picked up the little hope, and then he saw the hope: a promise. Hope let

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