Love and marriage
👀 opening /ˈəʊpənɪŋ/ → початок
🌊 overwhelmingly /ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋli/ → надзвичайно, дуже сильно
👎 negative view /ˈneɡətɪv vjuː/ → негативне бачення
❤️ love /lʌv/ → кохання
💍 marriage /ˈmærɪdʒ/ → шлюб
🔥💔 passionate affair /ˈpæʃənət əˈfeə/ → пристрасний роман
👨 husband /ˈhʌzbənd/ → чоловік
🔫 gun /ɡʌn/ → пістолет
🥃 bottle of whiskey /ˈbɒtl əv ˈwɪski/ → пляшка віскі
🍺 drunkenly /ˈdrʌŋkənli/ → п’яно
🤔 contemplates /ˈkɒntəmpleɪts/ → обмірковує
- The opening of the film provides us with an overwhelmingly negative view of love and marriage.
Andy Dufresne’s wife is having a passionate affair with a golf pro while her husband sits outside in his car with a gun and a bottle of whiskey. As he drunkenly contemplates his next move, the Ink Spots song “If I Didn’t Care” plays. The lyrics are telling: “If I didn’t care, would I feel this way? / If this isn’t love, then why do I thrill?” The implication is that Andy loves his wife and is so jealous that he could do anything. In court, the lawyer for the prosecution seems to share this viewpoint, telling the jury that if Andy had killed his wife and her lover in “a hot-blooded crime of passion,” his actions could at least be understood, if not condoned. At this stage in the film, we don’t know if Andy actually murdered the adulterous pair. At the trial, Andy comes across as rather cold and clinical in his defence. The judge says he is “chilled to the bone” by what he perceives as Andy’s lack of emotion. Still, the audience is unsure as to whether or not Andy is guilty.
👨⚖️ judge /dʒʌdʒ/ → суддя
🧊 chilled to the bone /tʃɪld tə ðə bəʊn/ → вражений до глибини душі
😐 lack of emotion /læk əv ɪˈməʊʃən/ → відсутність емоцій
👀 audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ → глядачі
🚨 guilty /ˈɡɪlti/ → винний
🎵 lyrics /ˈlɪrɪks/ → слова пісні
💡 implication /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/ → натяк, підтекст
😠 jealous /ˈdʒeləs/ → ревнивий
⚖️ court /kɔːt/ → суд
⚖️ prosecution /ˌprɒsɪˈkjuːʃən/ → обвинувачення
👥⚖️ jury /ˈdʒʊəri/ → присяжні
💥❤️ crime of passion /kraɪm əv ˈpæʃən/ → злочин на ґрунті пристрасті
✔️ condoned /kənˈdəʊnd/ → виправданий
💔 adulterous /əˈdʌltərəs/ → подружньо невірний
🏛️ trial /ˈtraɪəl/ → судовий процес
🛡️ defence /dɪˈfens/ → захист
❄️ cold and clinical /kəʊld ænd ˈklɪnɪkəl/ → холодний, беземоційний
🤫 confides /kənˈfaɪdz/ → довіряється, зізнається
❤️ show love /ʃəʊ lʌv/ → показувати кохання
🗣️ complain /kəmˈpleɪn/ → скаржитися
🧩 hard to know /hɑːd tə nəʊ/ → важкий для розуміння
🔫 pull the trigger /pʊl ðə ˈtrɪɡə/ → натиснути на курок
⚖️ responsible /rɪˈspɒnsəbl/ → відповідальний
➡️❤️ drive into the arms of /draɪv ˈɪntuː ði ɑːmz əv/ → штовхнути в обійми
🧠 self-knowledge /ˌself ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ → самопізнання
⏳ too late /tuː leɪt/ → занадто пізно
🏢 confines /ˈkɒnfaɪnz/ → обмежені умови
🚫💑 no opportunities /nəʊ ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtiz/ → відсутність можливостей
⛓️ prison /ˈprɪzn/ → в’язниця
💥 violent /ˈvaɪələnt/ → жорстокий
🚨 rapists /ˈreɪpɪsts/ → ґвалтівники
🌀❤️ perversion of love /pəˈvɜːʃən əv lʌv/ → збочення кохання
🙅 rejection /rɪˈdʒekʃən/ → відмова
🎭 hard to get /hɑːd tə ɡet/ → удавати недоступність
⚠️ warns /wɔːnz/ → попереджає
2. Later in the film, Andy confides in Red that he did not know how to show his wife that he loved her. She used to complain that he was a hard man to know, and Andy now believes that, although he didn’t pull the trigger, he was responsible for her death by driving her into the arms of another man in search of love. Although he has achieved greater self-knowledge, it is too late for Andy to do anything about it.
Obviously, in the confines of Shawshank Prison, there are no opportunities for the men to have normal relationships. Bogs and his friends, referred to as the “bull queers,” are violent rapists. They engage in a disturbing perversion of love; Bogs views Andy’s initial rejection of his advances as Andy playing “hard to get” and says that he likes that. Red warns Andy that Bogs has taken a liking to him, and Andy asks if he should tell them he is not a homosexual. Red tells him that Bogs and his cronies are not homosexual either. To them, sex is all about power and control. They are not genuinely attracted to Andy but want to abuse and hurt him, using rape as their weapon.
Bogs and the rest of his gang corner Andy in the laundry storeroom. Andy grabs a handful of chemical powder, warning Bogs, “If you get this in your eyes, it will blind you.” Bogs, with an evil, predatory smile, says, “Honey, hush.” The affectionate term “Honey” reinforces Bogs’s warped perversion of love. Andy is violently assaulted, a pattern that continues until he ingratiates himself with the guards by organising their finances. After that, he is protected, and the next time Bogs attacks Andy, he is beaten so badly by Hadley that he is left permanently disabled.
👥 cronies /ˈkrəʊniz/ → поплічники
⚙️ power and control /ˈpaʊə ænd kənˈtrəʊl/ → влада і контроль
❌❤️ not genuinely attracted /nɒt ˈdʒenjuɪnli əˈtræktɪd/ → не щиро приваблені
😣 abuse /əˈbjuːs/ → знущатися
🩸 rape /reɪp/ → зґвалтування
📦 corner /ˈkɔːnə/ → загнати в кут
🧪 chemical powder /ˈkemɪkl ˈpaʊdə/ → хімічний порошок
⚠️👁️ blind /blaɪnd/ → осліпити
😈 predatory /ˈpredətəri/ → хижий
🍯 honey /ˈhʌni/ → «кохана» (збочене звертання)
💔🌀 warped /wɔːpt/ → викривлений
🤕 violently assaulted /ˈvaɪələntli əˈsɔːltɪd/ → жорстоко побитий
🛡️ protected /prəˈtektɪd/ → захищений
👮 guards /ɡɑːdz/ → охоронці
💰 organising finances /ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ ˈfaɪnænsɪz/ → упорядковувати фінанси
🚑 permanently disabled /ˈpɜːmənəntli ˈdɪseɪbld/ → назавжди скалічений
💍 references to marriage /ˈrefərənsɪz tə ˈmærɪdʒ/ → згадки про шлюб
😐 not a happy picture /nɒt ə ˈhæpi ˈpɪktʃə/ → нещасливе зображення
🧱 convicts /ˈkɒnvɪkts/ → ув’язнені
🧹 tarring a roof /ˈtɑːrɪŋ ə ruːf/ → смолити дах
👂 overhears /ˌəʊvəˈhɪəz/ → підслуховує
💰 legacy /ˈleɡəsi/ → спадщина
💸 taxed heavily /tækst ˈhevɪli/ → сильно оподаткований
🤷 hardly worth having /ˈhɑːdli wɜːθ ˈhævɪŋ/ → майже не вартий того
🤝 trust /trʌst/ → довіра
🕵️ go behind your back /ɡəʊ bɪˈhaɪnd jɔː bæk/ → діяти за спиною
🦵 hamstring /ˈhæmstrɪŋ/ → підставити, нашкодити
3. There are brief references to marriage in the film, but they do not paint a particularly happy picture. One of these moments occurs when Andy, tarring a roof with some of the other convicts, overhears Hadley complain that a legacy from his brother will be taxed so heavily that it is hardly worth having. Andy approaches him and asks, “Mr Hadley, do you trust your wife? … What I mean is, do you think she’d go behind your back, try to hamstring you?” Hadley is so outraged at what he perceives as an insult to his ability to control his home life that he drags Andy to the edge of the roof and threatens to throw him off.
There is one positive view of love in the film. Andy and Red share an incredibly close bond, although there is no physical attraction between them. In an interview, Morgan Freeman describes the film as “a love story between two men.” Theirs is a deep, platonic relationship that sustains them over the decades of imprisonment. They both grow over the course of their time together and, although Andy escapes alone, he ensures that Red knows how to join him in Mexico. He leaves a letter and cash in a wall for Red.
Andy and Red’s reunion is, in many ways, a typical Hollywood romantic ending. Red approaches Andy along a pre-arranged place, and Red finds it when he is released. He travels to Zihuatanejo, and his reunion with Andy is set to Thomas Newman’s beautiful instrumental piece “So Was Red.” When Red sees his old friend, his face lights up and the men walk towards each other before embracing on a perfect, sandy beach.
😡 outraged /ˈaʊtreɪdʒd/ → обурений
👀 perceives /pəˈsɪːvz/ → сприймає
🗯️ insult /ˈɪnsʌlt/ → образа
🎮 control /kənˈtrəʊl/ → контроль
🪢 drags /dræɡz/ → тягне, волочить
⚠️ edge of the roof /edʒ əv ðə ruːf/ → край даху
❗ threatens /ˈθretənz/ → погрожує
❤️ positive view of love /ˈpɒzətɪv vjuː əv lʌv/ → позитивне бачення кохання
🤍 close bond /kləʊs bɒnd/ → тісний зв’язок
🚫🔥 no physical attraction /nəʊ ˈfɪzɪkəl əˈtrækʃən/ → відсутність фізичного потягу
🎬 interview /ˈɪntəvjuː/ → інтерв’ю
💞 love story /ˈlʌv ˌstɔːri/ → історія кохання
🧘 platonic relationship /pləˈtɒnɪk rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/ → платонічні стосунки
⛓️ imprisonment /ɪmˈprɪznmənt/ → ув’язнення
🌱 grow /ɡrəʊ/ → зростати, розвиватися
🏃 escapes /ɪˈskeɪps/ → тікає
✉️ letter /ˈletə/ → лист
💵 cash /kæʃ/ → готівка
🔓 released /rɪˈliːst/ → звільнений
📍 pre-arranged place /ˌpriː əˈreɪndʒd pleɪs/ → заздалегідь домовлене місце
✈️ travels /ˈtrævəlz/ → подорожує
🏖️ Zihuatanejo /ˌzɪwɑːtəˈneɪhəʊ/ → Зіуатанехо
🎶 instrumental piece /ˌɪnstrʊˈmentl piːs/ → інструментальний твір
😊 face lights up /feɪs laɪts ʌp/ → обличчя світлішає
🤗 embracing /ɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ/ → обійми
🏝️ sandy beach /ˈsændi biːtʃ/ → піщаний пляж
