Choose one of the following options regarding The Shawshank Redemption and “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” Keep in mind that all art is made with an audience in mind and for a purpose, and that in your writing it is your job to analyze, not summarize.
1. Dialogue — How does the film’s dialogue differ from the story’s? Why did the filmmakers change or keep certain lines of dialogue from the written story, and what is the impact?
2. Emotion — How does the film evoke emotion in its audience? Ho does the written story evoke emotion in its readers? Which is more successful?
3. Atmosphere — What is the atmosphere of the film? What is the atmosphere of the written story? What tools does each use to create atmosphere?
4. Relevance — Considering the timeframe that both the film and the written story cover, which is more relevant to our way of life today? What makes one more relevant than the other? If they are equally relevant, how and why?
5. Casting — When you read the written story, you pictured the characters. Do the actors that were chosen to play them in the film embody your vision? In what ways? Would you have made different casting choices?
Take any rhetorical approach you deem appropriate, for example, compare and contrast, definition, cause and effect, division and classification, or process analysis.