characters
Who is Red?
He narrates the story and becomes Andy’s closest friend.
What is Shawshank State Penitentiary?
Andy is sent to this prison at the start of the film.
“Get busy living, or _____”
“get busy dying”
Prisoners shout this to new inmates on their first night.
insults/taunts
The main theme about believing in a better future.
hope
Who is Andy Dufrense?
This man is wrongly convicted of killing his wife and her lover
What is their taxes?
Andy helps guards with this to earn protection.
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever ______.”
“dies”
Andy works in this area of the prison.
library
Andy’s escape represents this idea.
freedom
Who is Tommy Williams?
The violent inmate who knows the truth about the murders
What is opera?
Andy plays this music over the prison loudspeakers.
“a rock hammer that was about as big as a ______.”
cigar
Brooks is terrified of this after leaving prison
the outside world
The library symbolizes this.
knowledge/education
Who is Captain Hadley?
The cruel head guard at Shawshank.
What is solitary confinement?
Andy spends time here after playing the music.
Andy says prison is funny because you get so used to it, you become ______.
institutionalized
The prisoners build this on the roof.
beer-drinking break / rooftop scene
Brooks and Red struggle with this after prison.
institutionalization
Who is Warden Norton?
The corrupt warden who runs the prison.
What is a sewer pipe?
Andy escapes through this place.
Red says, “I guess I just miss my friend.” Who is he talking about?
Andy
Andy uses this tiny tool for years
a rock hammer
The rock hammer symbolizes this.
patience/persistence