The Shawshank Redemption: Themes and analysis
Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- The 'Themes and analysis' series explores the major themes underpinning a movie or a TV show. It also analyses how they function within the story and elevate it, reports The Indian Express.
The Shawshank Redemption was directed by Frank Darabont and was, interestingly, a Stephen King adaptation. Now, you would not expect the 'King of horror' to write about positive things like hope, friendship, freedom and perseverance. And yet, this was exactly what he did. The film was based on a novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a part of King's collection of four novellas Different Seasons.
The story is set in a prison called Shawshank State Penitentiary in Portland, Maine. Morgan Freeman's Red (Ellis Boyd Redding), t...
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