Comparison Of Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a novella by Stephen King, which shows how men in prison become accustomed to the lifestyle the prison offers and they become institutionalized. Frank Darabont brings this story to life in the recreation of the book through the movie Shawshank Redemption. They both have different perspectives than what one would expect from inside a prison and Darabont changes the novella slightly in the movie to make the movie more tasteful. The main character, Red, has been in prison for twenty years before the newcomer Andy shows up. Reds a man with no hope and unsurprised by people anymore, but Andy changed that for him throughout the years they spent together. The friendship between Red and Andy creates a new perspective

Eventually, Andy approaches Red, surprising everyone with an ask for a tool. The movie showed a lot of mise en scene when this scene came because it showed Red as a man who no longer cared for his appearance while Andy proves to be a complete contrast with clean nails and walk that made him look free. Andy only needs something small, a rock hammer, which to Red sounds slightly dangerous at first, but once Andy explains it to Red he understands it as “an association with the outside world”(King 20). Red’s intrigued that Andy wants a connection to something he can no longer have. That kind of hope made Red “[admire] him” because Andy “was going on with his life” even though he was in a prison cell (King 23). After a while of Andy's stay, Red received something. Red got rocks that he “didn’t even dare touch them” because they held so much beauty in them that he did not want to ruin them (King 32). Mise en scene could also be shown here because it shows a broken man who looks grimy and dirty, whereas the rocks shone against the dark background. Red could not believe that Andy brought this kind of beauty into a prison and he got a “sense of awe for the man's brute persistence” which he almost wished he could have again (King 33). This change in Red begins here; he has not realized it yet, but he wants to wish upon something