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1、OnDignityandSelf-RedemptionofHumanin12yearsaslaveIntroduction12YearsaSlaveisafilmadaptedfromSolomonNorthup’sautobiographyofthesamename.Itnarratesthe12years’experiencethatthefreemanSolomoniskidnappedbytwowhitementobeaslaveinSouthAmerica.Themoviehaswonmanyawardsin2013.Freedom,dignityandredemptionare
2、thethreepartsofthethemeofthefilm.Inoursociety,therearegreatnumberofbooks,articlesandmoviesonthesubjectoftheslaveryintheUnitedStates.AsanimportantpartofAmericanhistory,theslaveryhasbeenresearchedbymanyscholarsincludingitsinfluencesonAfrican-Americans’mentality,life,andsocialstatus,andalsotheracism.
3、Thisthesisattemptstofocusontheanalysisoftheperspectivesofthepersonalexperiences,internalworldandlanguageofdifferentrepresentativecharactersinthefilm.Andthenitwilldeeplyresearchtheimpactsofdignityandself-redemptiononslaves’fateandonourdailylife.1.Introductionto12YearsaSlaveandCharacters1.1Introduct
4、ionto12YearsaSlave3OscarAwardsforBestPicture,BestSupportingActressandBestAdaptedScreenplay.In1841,inSaratogaSpring,NewYork,SolomonNorthup,whoisafreerichAfrican-Americanmanworkingasaviolinplayer,liveswithhiswifeandchildren.Oneday,twowhitemen,BrownandHamilton,disguisethemselvesasworkersinacircusandw
5、anttoofferSolomonatwo-weekjobinWashingtonD.Casaviolinmusician.Solomongoeswiththem;however,BrownandHamiltondrughimandthensellhimasaslave.AllthethingsareclearwhenSolomonwakesupinasmallblackroomwithhishandsandfeetshackled.Heresistsandtellspeoplethatheisafreeman,butwhathegetsarebrutalbeats.Thenthecrue
6、l12yearsstarts.SolomonisshippedtoNewOrleanswithotherslavesandaslavetradergiveshimanewname“Platt”.Afterstruggling,forsurvive,Solomonhadtohidehisidentityandthetruththathehadeverbeeneducated.HisfirstmastercalledWilliamFordwhoismorekindthanhissecondowner,andSolomonhelpsFordalottransportinglogswithoutm
7、uchefforts,however,itcontributestoFord’scarpenterJohnTibeats’sresentmentstoSolomon.TibeatsattacksSolomonwhodefenseshim.TibeatsandhisfriendsattempttolynchNorthup,buttheyarepreventedbyFord'soverseer,Chapin,thoughNo
