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? How
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.

Requirements:
? 750 – 1000 words
? typed double-spaced
? font size no larger than 12 points
? 1-inch margins
? No title, unless you absolutely cannot help yourself and you
perfectly know what you’re doing.
? Do not use additional space between paragraphs.