In The Shawshank Redemption, director explores the idea of freedom using many techniques ways, he uses the symbols of birds to represents the ability to go anywhere and do anything at anytime. The Posters which represent the outside, world, which drives each inmates hopes and dreams. One symbol used is the The rock hammer, which keeps him busy and doesn’t let his mind sink into depression. When Andy plays Nozze di Figaro on loud speaker it represents that the guards cant take away the freedom of their minds. By helping and giving others a reason to not give up,finds purpose Andy and a reason not to give up.
The theme freedom in The Shawshank Redemption is shown through The poster of Rita Hayworth and other girls in the movie. They represents the outside world, drive and every inmate’s desire to have freedom. Through-out the movie Andy tells Red that sometimes he imagines stepping right through the poster into another life. Even though it is known that Andy uses the poster to conceal the hole in the concrete, Rita Hayworth embelishes his sense of hope and keeps him grounded, in the hope that one day he will have a normal life. It takes Andy nineteen years to hammer his way through the walls of Shawshank. Having the rock hammer makes Andy feel free because it gives Andy a sense of normality, and a chance to do something he did before Shawshank. Andy used the rock hammar to keep busy, to keep his mind alive and to give him some freedom from his most darkest thoughts. Perhaps the biggest and most stubborn enemy was the prison walls. Andy took his time overcoming this particular object for his freedom. The Warden tried to cage him in, but Andy had too much will power, and a lot of determination, for that’s all it really took, as Red narrated: “Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes really, pressure, and time.”
When Andy plays Le Nozze di Figaro on the loud-speakers in the prison, everyone stops in awe...