Some extra reading for those wanting to extend our discussions…

I have attached some critical analysis and reviews on The Shawshank Redemption that I have read and found interesting.

For some of you, these might help bring the ideas we have discussed in class into clearer focus. Some of these articles expand further on what groups have presented about in class.

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-23/entertainment/ca-41876_1_shawshank-redemption

http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9406E7D9143AF930A1575AC0A962958260

http://diaryofascreenwriter.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/frank-darabont-on-adapting-stephen-king.html

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Film_Analysis/film_analysis.html

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-shawshank-redemption-1994

Posted by Renee Plunkett

Teacher of English at Mount Aspiring College, Wanaka, New Zealand.

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