{"id":17759,"date":"2015-01-07T06:31:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=17759"},"modified":"2015-01-07T06:32:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T11:32:18","slug":"the-depth-of-despair-the-fountain-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/01\/the-depth-of-despair-the-fountain-of-hope.html","title":{"rendered":"The Depth of Despair and The Fountain of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Shawshank\"<\/a>Imaginative Conservative publishes my short review of\u00a0Shawshank Redemption\u00a0<\/em>here<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Shawshank Redemption<\/em>\u00a0is an excellent example of how positive themes properly permeate a work of art. Art should never be didactic or preachy. The themes should never be up front and \u201cinyerface.\u201d Instead the theme is communicated most powerfully by being deeply embedded in the characters, plot, and conflict of the story. In this way the truth is embodied within the story in such a way that the truth cannot be stated without telling the story.<\/p>\n

For example, there is only one scene in\u00a0The Shawshank Redemption<\/em>\u00a0where the hero speaks openly about hope. But on a second or third viewing it becomes clear that the whole film is about hope\u2014from the first scene where the hero contemplates suicide through to the last scene where all of his hopes have been fulfilled.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Imaginative Conservative publishes my short review of\u00a0Shawshank Redemption\u00a0here The Shawshank Redemption\u00a0is an excellent example of how positive themes properly permeate a work of art. Art should never be didactic or preachy. The themes should never be up front and \u201cinyerface.\u201d Instead the theme is communicated most powerfully by being deeply embedded in the characters, plot, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":17760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Depth of Despair and The Fountain of Hope<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Imaginative Conservative publishes my short review of\u00a0Shawshank Redemption\u00a0here The Shawshank Redemption\u00a0is an excellent example of how positive themes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/01\/the-depth-of-despair-the-fountain-of-hope.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Depth of Despair and The Fountain of Hope\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imaginative Conservative publishes my short review of\u00a0Shawshank Redemption\u00a0here The Shawshank Redemption\u00a0is an excellent example of how positive themes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/01\/the-depth-of-despair-the-fountain-of-hope.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fr. 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