null肖申克的救赎肖申克的救赎The Shawshank Redemption Ideological analysis of the film
Ideological analysis of the film
null《 The Shawshank Redemption 》
This film touches the deepest soul of human beings , and it is a reflection of systematic development and the institutionalized, hope and despair, and the theme of the deep soul redemption.
Institutionalized (体制化)、Hope (希望)、Redemption (救赎) are the most crucial words to reflect the film in the subject. Ideological analysisIdeological analysis1. “Institutionalized”
The word (Institutionalized) “体制化” ,which is expressed by Red in the film.
He said:“Believe what you want. These walls are funny. First you hate them, then you get used to them. After long enough, you get so you depend on them. That’s ‘institutionalized’.”
(起初,你讨厌它,然后你逐渐的习惯它,足够的时间后你开始依赖他,这就是体制化。)
Brooks, the librarian was a good example of this word.
Ideological analysisIdeological analysis2. Hope
The word was first appeared and discussed during the lunch of Andy and Red in the film
Andy said:“Forget that there are ...places...in the world that aren’t made out of stone, there is something ...inside...that they can’t get to...that is hope.”
(不要忘了这个世界上还有可以穿透一切高墙的东西,它就在我们的内心深处,他们无法达到,也触摸不到,那就是希望。)
Red argued:“let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It’s got no use on the inside. You’d better get used to that idea.”
(让我来告诉你什么是希望,我的朋友。希望一个危险的东西,它能够使人疯狂,我们心中的希望根本毫无用处。你最好习惯这个观念。)
null Through the argument, Andy was known as a person who held a firm faith and hope in heart. He told us that hope doesn’t need passion but firm faith and persistence.
There was a great contrast between Andy and other prisoners, who lived a life without any hope. And they could just change nothing and busy dying.Ideological analysisIdeological analysis3. Redemption
The film highlights the redemption of individuals and groups.
Redemption was not only for Andy himself, in some sense, but also for his friends.
His redemption for his friends was a kind of redemption of their soul. He made them understand the value of pursuing freedom and hope.
Three times of redemptionThree times of redemption The first redemption was when Andy help the warden to escape the tax and bring his friends three bottle of beer each.
“We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders, and felt like free men. We couldn’t been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the Lords of all Creation.”... “You could argue he’d done it to curry favor with the guards. Or maybe make a few friends among us cons. Me, I think he did it just to feel normal again...if only for a short while.”
For this moment, we can see the smile on Andy’s face for the first time. Freedom is happiness, everybody needs it.null The second redemption was when Andy played the music in the warden’s office.
“I have no idea to this day what them two Italian ladies were singin’ about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think they were singin’ about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it.”...“I tell you, those voices soared. Higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away... and for the briefest of moments -- every last man at Shawshank felt free.”
This time, Andy’s smile had a sense of victory. He used the warden’s trust to bring his friends a feeling of freedom once again, even it was just a moment.Three times of redemptionnull The third redemption was when Andy built a library for the prison.
In order to get more books, he kept writing letters every week for six years. Eventually he built the library in the prison, which was a great success.
Three times of redemption