In the film The Shaw shank Redemption the director Frank Darabont uses film techniques to emphasize themes. The theme he emphasizes is corruption. By using dark lighting and light lighting. This shows that the scene is going to be an unpleasant and sad scene but also a bit of happiness with it. The scene is where Andy is sent to the whole for a month then the warden comes and gives him another month the happiness there is that Andy is preparing to escape soon and taking all the money.
The film and book Shawshank Redemption is a story of a wrongly persecuted banker, Andy Dufresne, where he befriends a fellow convict, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding, both serving time at Shawshank Prison with life sentences. Once at Shawshank, Andy quickly realizes that the prison warden and staff are corrupt and hypocritical which allows him to use his skills as a banker to gain the trust of the prison staff and warden thus allowing him to escape. The novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” was written by Stephen King and published in 1982. The film Shawshank Redemption was produced by Niki Marvin and Castle Rock Entertainment directed by Frank Darabont released in1994; casting Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Norton), William Sadler (Heywood), Clancy Brown (Captain Byron T. Hadley), Gil Bellows (Tommy), Mark Rolston (Bogs Diamond), and James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen). Though there are several dissimilarities between the film and book, the largest being found with the wardens, Tommy Williams, and Andy’s money; still allows the viewer to enjoy the film in absence of the missing details from the book.
vs After analysing criminal cases of Dr Harold Shipman and Dr Peter Green, some similarities become apparent. They were both a GP doctors, using their GP practices to source their victims. Both of them used their position of thrust and authority to facilitate their crimes. They both were preying on vulnerable people – Harold Shipman targeted old and frail patient, Dr Peter Green used young people with intimate problems - to fulfil their distorted needs. The criminal activity of both family doctors lasted for many years – allegedly Harold Shipman was killing his patients over the period of 23 years; Peter Green was abusing his patients for over 17 years.
Strangulation was his preferred method, the same method he often used to kill animals as a child. After the body of his first victim, Taunja Bennett was found, the media’s attention surrounded Laverne Pavlinac, a woman who falsely confessed to killing Bennett with her abusive boyfriend (The serial killer hit list). Jesperson was then upset the he was not getting the attention, so he first drew the smiley face on the bathroom wall where he wrote an anonymous confession for the murder, hundreds of miles away from
On the waterfront * On the waterfront made in 1954, won 8 academy awards * Terry, the simple dock worker takes on the corrupt boss, Johnny Friendly * The film focuses on the struggle between conscience and self interest * Black and white cinematography is significant Synopsis * Joey was murdered as payback for being a stool pigeon * Terry is used by the “Union”, to lure Joey to his death * Terry’s growing love for Edie turns him around (?) and he breaks the cy\\le of D & D, realising that the corrupt culture oppresses the workers. * The brutal reprisals make it hard for Fr. Barry to persuade workers to give evidence. * This makes Terry realise he should fight against Friendly?
In the United States, there are million of women and men being convicted of crimes and sent to prison. The prison system is thought to be a place for rehabilitation, for convicted felons to change their life from being a menace to society to begin a positive contributor. However, for many years prisons have not been able to meet their goal due to unlawful treatment of prisoners and corrupt authoritative figures in the prison system. Many prisoner do not get the protection the law provides. In the Rita Hayworth and Shaw shank Redemption written by Stephen King, the prison system and it’s corruption is presented in support of these accusations.
The actions of the cellist corresponded to an act of courage. Even though he did not pick up a loaded rifle, he played beautiful notes that made the noises of the shelling seem to disappear. “He stares at the Cellist, and feels himself relax as the music seeps into him.”(Galloway, 209) This exemplified the effect the cellist had on the city, by giving the citizens the courage needed to get through the war. The toll that was taken on the cellist was him putting everything he had into his music that came straight from his heart, which took a lot of energy. He had played his music with his eyes closed and did not care about dying; the only thing that mattered to him was playing his cello.
The father and sons’ experience is much the same. Their world is filled with omnipresent evil. But they remain. Through the father’s teachings and the boys experiences, they retain hope. The boy feels like he is carrying on the legacy of “the good guys.” This compels him to retain his moral center even when the father does not.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Body as Politics in Steve McQueen’s film Hunger Matea Vrdoljak Irish culture Aidan O’Malley 31 January 2014 During the Northern Ireland Troubles republican activists were imprisoned in the Maze Prison, in the notorious H-Block. Because of the ill treatment of the prisoners and their strong fight for their principles the situation in prison escalated to the hunger strike. In this short paper I will talk about prisoners’ choice to use their bodies as political weapon, what led to that and what the consequences were. The emphasis on the body is remarkably well depicted in Steve McQueen’s film Hunger in terms of which I will talk about the use of body as politics. Even though he is a British director, he chose this subject which is particularly delicate and is often swept under the carpet in Britain.
Lao Tzu and Machiavelli disagree on some other beliefs. In Article 67, Lao Tzu states that he believes in three traits of leaderships; simplicity, compassion, and patience. Machiavelli however writes a prince “…needs to appear to be merciful, faithful, humane, forthright, religious…” (49), but to actually practice all the above traits at all times would be harmful to a prince’s power. Reading both views of such a highly discussed topic tugs your own view. While I understand the views of both men, I believe that Machiavelli’s perspective is more prevalent and useful in the world today.