The Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"

Trabajo , 2016 , 16 Páginas , Calificación: 92%

Arte - Fotografía y filme

Stanley Kubrick is a director known for his aesthetic beauty and phenomenal storytelling. In The Shining, Stanley Kubrick tells an over-examined subplot of the relationship between Native Americans and colonizers. In "THE OVERLOOK HOTEL", this subplot is examined in relation, specifically to, The Overlook Hotel.

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• Introduction
• Perspective
• The Overlook Hotel: In Dialogue¹
• The Overlook Hotel, As a Setting
• The Overlook Hotel, In Character
• Alternatives
• Conclusion

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This essay aims to analyze Stanley Kubrick's film, The Shining, through an interpretive lens, arguing that the Overlook Hotel serves as a symbolic representation of America's rise from the ashes of Native American oppression. Through the lens of dialogue, setting, and character analysis, the essay will explore how Kubrick utilizes the Overlook Hotel to convey this complex historical and social narrative.

• The Overlook Hotel as a symbolic representation of America's historical relationship with Native Americans.
• Analysis of the Overlook Hotel's role in dialogue within the film.
• The Overlook Hotel as a setting that reflects the historical context of Native American oppression.
• The Overlook Hotel as a character that embodies the destructive forces of colonialism.
• The film's exploration of the psychological impact of colonialism on individuals and society.

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The essay begins by providing a brief overview of Stanley Kubrick's career and the historical context of Native American oppression in North America. It then delves into an analysis of the film's screenplay, focusing on the dialogue between the Torrance family and the Overlook Hotel. The essay will then explore how the Overlook Hotel serves as a setting that reflects the historical context of Native American oppression, and finally, how the hotel itself acts as a character that embodies the destructive forces of colonialism.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

The main keywords and focus topics of the text are: Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Overlook Hotel, Native American oppression, colonialism, symbolic representation, dialogue, setting, character, historical context, psychological impact.

• Universidad: Studienhaus St. Lambert (Liberal Arts)
• Curso: Research Methods
• Calificación: 92%
• Autor: Angelo Rosato (Autor)
• Año de publicación: 2016
• Páginas: 16
• No. de catálogo: V322567
• ISBN (Ebook): 9783668221222
• ISBN (Libro): 9783668221239
• Idioma: Inglés
• Etiqueta: Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, The Overlook Hotel, Native Americans