毕业论文(英文)-浅析电影《肖申克的救赎》中的希望与救赎

ABriefAnalysisonHopeandRedemptionintheFilmTheShawshankRedemptionBy×××AthesissubmittedtotheForeignLanguageandLiteratureDepartmentof××××××inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementforthedegreeofBACHELOROFARTSinENGLISHLANGUAGE×××May,2012ABriefAnalysisonHopeandRedemptionintheFilmTheShawshankRedemption×××Abstract:ThispaperintendstoanalyzethehopeandredemptioninthefilmTheShawshankRedemption.Throughthreemaincharacters’feelingabouttheprisonandfree,wecanknowtheirfaithanddifferenthopethoroughly.Hopeandredemptioniscoupleofoppositewords.Hopeinthefilmisthetheme.Peoplecannotabandonthehope,andweshouldstriveforitforallourlives.Hopelikealighthousetolightupthepathaheadforeveryone.Everyonewillmakemistake,soweshouldberequiredintrospectionandself-analysis.Self-analysisisarequisiteproceduretodealwithsomeimportantthings.Wecanfindouttheapproachtosolvetheproblem.Thispaperalsoremainstherelationshipbetweenthehopeandredemption.Andaccordingtothebackgroundofthemovie,wecanunderstandthesocialprobleminthatperiod.Inasummary,thismovieisamirroroftheblackpartofthesociety,inwhichthereareoppressionandabnormaltreatment,butwithhope,peoplecanbefreesuccessfully,andalsocanachievetheredemption.Keywords:TheShawshankRedemption;hope;redemption;self-analysis;faith;friendship.浅析电影《肖申克的救赎》中的希望与救赎【内容提要】这篇论文旨在分析电影《肖申克的救赎》中的希望与救赎。通过对电影中三个具体人物的分析并简述他们在肖申克监狱中及出狱后的不同感受及心理变化，更好的了解了三人对待自由的不同理解。希望与救赎本是一对立义，希望是电影的主旨思想，只有坚守希望及自己的信念，不放弃梦想，才能最终走向成功。电影中，还有一更能令人思考的话题，便是救赎。无人能无错过完一生，过错伴随着人的一生，怎样面对，怎样反省才更为重要。时时反省自己，就是对错误的救赎。不断的在错误中反省，更能清楚问题的所在，对事物的看法也就更清晰分明。文章更提出救赎与希望的互补关系，两者是相辅相成。通过对电影本身这面镜子，能够更清楚的看清当时社会的各种黑暗面，但是更让人们看到了想所带来的力量，它既能成全自由，又能完成自我救赎。不要放弃希望与信仰，便离成功不远。【关键词】《肖申克的救赎》；希望；救赎；自我反省；信仰；CONTENTSIIntroduction............................................................................................1IIABriefAnalysisonTheShawshankRedemption..............................12.1TheSocialBackgroundoftheMovie...............................................................22.2TheMainCharactersintheMovie...................................................................2IIITheBestExplanationofHope...........................................................33.1HopecanSetYouFree.....................................................................................33.2HopeisAGoodThing......................................................................................43.3TakeAFirmConviction...................................................................................4IVTheBestInterpretationofRedemption............................................54.1TheOriginalMeaningofRedemption..............................................................54.2Andy’sRedemptionintheShawshank.............................................................5VTheComplementaryRelationshipBetweenHopeandRedemption6VIHopeandRedemptioninRealityLife...............................................66.1HopeonPeople'sPracticalSignificance...........................................................76.2SelfRedemptioninModernSociety.................................................................7VIIConclusion..........................................................................................7References..................................................................................................9Acknowledgements.................................................................................101ABriefAnalysisonHopeandRedemptionintheFilmTheShawshankRedemptionIIntroductionTheshawshankredemptionisanAmericanfilmwrittenanddirectedbyFrankDarabontandstarringTimRobbinsandMorganfreeman.AndthisfilmwasadaptedfromtheStephenkingnovellaRitaHayworthandshawshankredemption.Manypeopleholdontheviewthatthisfilmwasaboutthehope,thefriendshipandthefaith,theythinkthatitisanallegoryformaintainingone’sfeelingofself-worthwhenplacedinahopelesssituation,buttherealsohaveaveryimportantargument,thatistheredemption.Redemptionisasignificantpartinthefilm;itcanbethecomplementaryofanotherparthope.Everyonemaywatchthismovie,thestorymaybesimple,butthetruthbehindthewordsisprofound.ThemajorityofpeopleareinfavoroftheopinionthatAndyDufresneisabraveandwiseman,andheraisesthehopesorspiritsofthepersonintheprison.Ijustremembertheveryimpressivewords,“Fearcanholdyouprisoner,andhopecansetyoufree.Astrongmancansavehimself;agreatmancansaveanother.”(King,1983:118).Thissentencesaysthatifweconqueredourfearsandthenwewillgetthefinalhopeandfree.Freedominprisonisapreciousgiftforthoseprisoners,andweshouldunderstandthisfreedommeanstheirinnerresources,theguiltymanshouldsavethemselvesandtheyshouldberepentantofthingstheydid.Sohopeandredemptionaremuchmoreimportantforcharactersintheshawshankprison,andalsoforeveryperson.Auto-criticismisafoundationofhope.Peoplecannotdowithouthope.Afirmbeliefcanpropupthehope,andthenitcanonlytakeyousofar.ThisarticleismainlytalkaboutthehopeandredemptioninthefilmTheshawshankredemption,andhopeandsalvationinourmodernsociety.(Rogers,2010:131)IIABriefAnalysisonTheShawshankRedemptionTheShawshankRedemptionwasafilmactedbyTimRobbinsandMorganfreeman.TimRobbinsstarsasAndy