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Themes in ‘On the Waterfront’
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Acceptance
• D & D culture provides acceptance for many• Terry also finds acceptance in ‘The Golden
Warriors’• Edie and Father Barry, perhaps guided by
Christian principals, do not accept the culture• End sequence- Terry is rejected after the court
case but is finally accepted by workers after ‘The Walk’
• Edie- is she worried about acceptance?
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Goodness
• Edie “with patience and kindness” represents goodness. “everybody is a part of everybody else”. Wants to be a teacher.
• Does she want to change Terry?
• Father Barry “There is light”• K.O.Dugan- does he know
right from wrong? Why him?• Charley- “It’s not your night”
but shares the winnings with Terry- good or bad?• What/who else represents goodness in the film?
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Respect
• Is respect self-perpetuating?• How does Detective Glover get Terry talking?• Tommy and Terry- respect? • Do the longshore men respect Father Barry?
Terry?• Pop Doyle- is he respected? Does he deserve
to be?
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ConscienceBeginning:• Longshoremen- D &D blocks conscience• Father Barry- conscience awakened “who ever
heard of a saint hiding in a church?”Later:• Longshoremen- “if He don’t work we don’tWork”• Father Barry, to Terry “how much is your soul worth” “You’ve got Some other brothers”• Question: Is everyone’s individual conscience the
same?
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Loyalty
• This is a major theme in the film• Edie’s loyalty to Joey is a driving force. It makes
her courageous and infects others• Is Terry showing loyalty to Edie through his
confession?• The mob- a mixture of fear and loyalty is the
glue that sticks them togeether• Charley- loyal to Terry?• Pop- loyal to Joey?
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Courage• Edie- naturally courageous?• Terry- needed courage to be a boxer. Loses courage
(why? Too kind to succeed in boxing?) but regains it• Father Barry- helps people find courage- who?• Is courage something innate (natural) or can it be
taught? (mentor) • How is courage
linked to respect?• How is courage
linked to anger?
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Justice
• Is justice the same for everyone?The mobFather BarryThe policeTommy “pigeon for a pigeon”Edie• How are Edie’s ideas of justice at the start and at
the end of the film different?• Do the workers get justice in the end?
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Realism in ‘On the Waterfront’
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What makes the film seem so real?
• Location: mise en scene- the New Jersey docks. What other locations are memorable?
• Black and White: suits the mood of the film• Slang: pigeon, bum, cheese-eater, rat, canary, dummy-up,
goof-off, D & D, stooling, juicehead…• Double negative: “he won’t take no loans” (JP)“if I was wise I wouldn’t be no longshoreman for for 32 years” (Kayo) Why is this realistic? Why does Father Barry use no double negs? Edie: “I didn’t day I didn’t love you”- powerful• Marlon Brando: method acting