Analysis of Shawsank Redemption

The movie, Shawshank Redemption, is about a story of two men, Andy Dufrane and Red Abbott, who spent most of their lives in a prison together going through the ups and downs of prison life. Andy, who was once a vice-president at a bank, was in prison for murdering his wife and her lover, when he caught them in bed together; he was giving life in prison. Whereas Red, also a convicted murderer, got life …

…in the courtyard. It was not two Italian opera singers, it was the voice of reason reminding them that everything will be alright and good will come to all. None of the inmates knew what the Italian singers were singing about but they listened because it touched all of them. If positive music, such as the opera singers, were more integrated into everyday lives people would change and become better human beings because of it.