![]() Well encompassed in the other famous line, “Andy Dufresne, the man who crawled through 500 yards of shit and came out clean the other end.” But it is also an early indication of the spiritual awakening soon to be undergone by Andy, and of his extraordinary story. The walls of Shawshank are hardly the place for idealism, positivity or, of course, redemption. And yet, there is nothing ordinary about Andy, who is a dreamer, living a horrible nightmare. In fact, such is his faith, that he says to Red (words that have now been immortalised by cinephiles of different generations), “Remember, Red. ![]() And no good thing ever dies.” And that is the essence of this cinematic masterpiece: hope, the uncrushable human spirit, the resilience of a man wrongly framed for murder.Īlso read: No Good Thing Ever Dies: Andy, Red and The Shawshank Redemption Hope is a good thing… Maybe the best of things. Whilst the prisoners are serving long sentences for horrible crimes they have been accused of, the viewer only witnesses true brutality watching the prisoners’ lives in chains. The inmates, in many ways, symbolise the stripping of an individual’s liberties and free will, and the forceful submission to the system one exists within. ![]() ![]() And Andy, when serving his time in prison, sees it all. ![]()
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