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.