Shawshank Redemption
-Why would we classify Andy as a tragic hero?
He has a really successful career as a banker and is really smart which makes us admire him and at the same time he also has this flaw. He buries himself in his work and ignores his family driving his spouse to cheat on him. And honestly I didn’t suspect that he killed his wife from the start and the reason I think would be that he just appears to be very civilised and calm to me in court and that just convinced me that he was innocent. We would classify him as tragic because he had to pay so much more then for his mistake of ignoring his spouse.
-What was his flaw and how did it cause his fall from grace?
His obsession with his job and his lack of control caused him to lose his spouse and contemplate murder.
-What lessons did he learn from his mistakes?
Honestly, I would say that his two mistakes was being in the car with the gun and trusting the head of the prison. And the lesson I think he had learnt is that even though he had gotten a punishment that’s really too severe, he has to deal with it and that there’s always hope.
-How did he change and how did he change others?
Being a smart guy, he knew he was in a corrupted place and he adapted. He resorted to dirty and illegal tricks to survive inside.
He changed the others by staying positive and influencing them with his positive energy and he also helped make the prison a better place by convincing the government to grant him allowance.
