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Title: The Shawshank Redemption


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The Shawshank Redemption
  • Film Comparison
  • ECM 11

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1a) Andy Dufresne (Hero)
  • Characteristics crafty, smart, headstrong, sly,
    fearless, benders of truth/liar, determined,
    quiet, ambitious
  • Summary of Andys story
  • Arrested for murdering his wife and her lover,
    sent to prison for life.
  • Was beaten and raped by Bogs for the first two
    years in prison.
  • When Andy helps Captain Hadley with his taxes,
    Andy begins to help all the guards with their
    taxes the guards return the favour by stopping
    Bogs from attacking Andy anymore.
  • Andy begins helping Warden Norton to launder
    money.
  • Andy created a new library for the prison. He
    helped other inmates get their GEDs.
  • Andy digs a tunnel in his cell wall, which is
    escaped out of after 19 years in prison.
  • Once freed, he steals all of Warden Nortons
    money and goes to Mexico.

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1b) Warden Norton (Villain)
  • Characteristics ignorant, cocky, cheater,
    shit-disturber, slimy prick, scammer, murder
    accomplice, fake religious, fraud, stupid, put
    trust in the wrong person
  • Summary of the Wardens story
  • Warden at Shawshank Prison. He uses Andy for free
    tax advice, getting Andy to launder money so he
    is not caught.
  • He stops Tommy from telling the authorities that
    Andy is innocent by having Tommy killed.
  • He stops Andy from getting released from prison
    (therefore stopping him from telling people that
    Norton is a theft) by threatening Andy with
    harder jail time.
  • When Norton discovers that Andy has escaped, he
    is terrified that Andy will tell.
  • When Andy does tell the paper about Nortons
    crimes, Norton commits suicide instead of going
    to prison.

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1c) Red (Heros companion)
  • Characteristics old, wise, knows how to get
    things, go to guy, funny, nice, reliable,
    confident, afraid of freedom, sneaky, clever
  • Summary of Reds story
  • Has been in prison for 20 years for murder when
    the film begins.
  • He is the man who knows how to get things, he
    pays off guards and other prisoners to get items
    from the outside.
  • Quickly becomes friends with Andy, and helps him
    with the library, his tax services, and offers
    advice.
  • Red loses hope of how life out of prison will be,
    until Andy escapes.
  • After 40 years in prison, Red convinces the
    parole board to let him go.
  • He breaks his parole and travels to the spot Andy
    told him to go and travels to Mexico to meet
    Andy.

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2a) Revenge (Andys)
  • Why Wrongfully imprisoned and the warden
    prevented Andy was being released. Killed Tommy.
  • Who Warden Norton
  • How Took his money, got him arrested sold him
    out, ruined his plan, got him to commit suicide.

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2b) Freedom
  • Escape from Prison Andy escaped from prison
    through 5 miles of sewer. He dug a hole in the
    cell wall for 20 years. Used a rock hammer.
  • Escape while in Prison listen to music, carved
    rocks, created a library, did the officers books,
    got people their high school education
  • Freedom from needing Revenge Just a bonus just
    happy to get their freedom

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2c) Imprisonment
  • Life in Prison Rape, isolation in the hole,
    yelled at, food maggots, beat up, wasnt
    allowed to do what he wanted when he wanted
  • How it changed Andy Still crazy, little more
    smarter, more creative, richer, happier, become a
    criminal.

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2d) Betrayal
  • Why Warden put him in the hole instead of
    letting him have a new trial. Officer Killed
    Tommy
  • How Warden, Officer
  • Result Warden arrested and suicide. Officer
    arrested.
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