The Shawshank Redemption as a dark fairy tale.

The film, "the Shawshank redemption" is often referred to as a "Dark Fairy Tale." That is, it displays all the basic elements of a classical fairytale, which in turn are characterised by gloom. A fairy tale is defined as a type of literary discourse about morals, values and manners. The typical fairy tale portrays the co-existence of good and evil in which the conflict of power and social relators is evident throughout the plot, and …

…though there is a considerable amount of evidence to show the film is a fairy tale, evidence to prove otherwise is also shown. This is shown through the lack of romance in the film and also, the lack of supernatural and a variety of members of society. Therefore, it is shown that there are different evidence to suggest that the film, "The Shawshank Redemption", is a 'dark fairy tale' and also, evidence to prove otherwise.