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A Marxist Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption

A Marxist Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption. The Rock that Didn’t Belong. Lexi DeBrock. MARXISM Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels “The Communist Manifesto”. BOURGEOISIE. Upper Class Society The “Haves” The Warden and Guards. PROLETARIAT. Lower class The “Have-Nots” The Prisoners.

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A Marxist Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption

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  1. A Marxist Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption The Rock that Didn’t Belong Lexi DeBrock

  2. MARXISM Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels “The Communist Manifesto”

  3. BOURGEOISIE Upper Class Society The “Haves” The Warden and Guards

  4. PROLETARIAT Lower class The “Have-Nots” The Prisoners

  5. The Marxist imprint left on The Shawshank Redemption magnifies the apparent dialectic situation between the ritzy bourgeoisie and the suppressed proletariat.

  6. The Suit

  7. THE PANOPTICON

  8. “I had to come to prison to be a crook.” - Andy Dufresne

  9. PROLETARIANS AT WORK The average blue collar worker

  10. ROUGH GUARDS Authority Andy Appreciation

  11. IRONIC EQUALITY Tax advice from Andy Rewards co-workers with beer

  12. BROOKS Pulled knife on Hayward No desire for parole Institutionalized

  13. “Its like a cute little bird flew in, flapped its wings and made the walls disappear. For a few moments we all felt free.” - Red

  14. GUILTY WARDEN Inside-out program Undetected white-collar crime

  15. RANDALL STEVENS "He's a phantom, an apparition...I conjured him out of thin air. He doesn't exist, except on paper.” - Andy

  16. REDEMPTION “Some birds aren’t meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.” -Red

  17. PAYBACK “His judgment cometh and that right soon.”

  18. “No way I’m gonna make it on the outside” - Red

  19. THE ROCK “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, hope keeps you alive” - Andy

  20. ZIHUATANEJO “A warm place with no memory”

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