摘 要

美国是一个崇尚个人英雄主义的国度，这一社会价值观是美国电影文化观念的核心构成要素之一，在一些好莱坞电影中表现得淋漓尽致。尤其是在以《钢铁侠》系列为主的漫威科幻电影中，令人惊艳的电影特效有效地烘托主人公的个人英雄品质。而另一方面根据现实故事改编的小人物电影《肖申克的救赎》用平凡的故事背景和情节也展现了主人公身上不平凡的个人英雄主义品质。本文试图比较分析以《肖申克的救赎》为代表的现实小人物影片和以《钢铁侠》为首的好莱坞科幻大片来探讨美国电影文化中两种不同类型的个人英雄主义。论文通过人物塑造，电影技巧和表现形式等方面分析和总结这两大类个人英雄主义电影的异同，旨在激发人们关注不同的英雄品质及其背后的美国文化。

关键词：个人英雄主义，《肖申克的救赎》，《钢铁侠》

Contents

1. Introduction............................................................................................................... 1

2. Demonstration............................................................................................................2

2.1 Individualistic Heroism in American Movies..........................................................3

2.1.1 The Concept of Individualistic Heroism...............................................................3

2.1.2 The Origin of Individualistic Heroism..................................................................3

2.1.3 Individualistic Heroism in American movie culture.............................................4

2.1.4 The Reflection of Individualistic Heroism in American movie culture................5

2.2 Comparison of Individualistic Heroism in Character Shaping................................5

2.2.1 From Status of Characters.....................................................................................6

2.2.2 From Behavior and Language of Characters.........................................................7

2.2.3 From Personalities of Characters..........................................................................8

2.3 Comparison of Individualistic Heroism in Expression............................................9

2.3.1 Interlude in the movie...........................................................................................9

2.3.2 Special Effects in the movie................................................................................10

3. Conclusion................................................................................................................11

Works Cited.........................................................................................12

Bibliography.....................................................................................13

A Comparative Study of Individualistic Heroism between The

Shawshank Redemption and Iron Man

1. Introduction

Individualistic heroism can be said to be the core value of American culture which is mostly used by Americans in the Hollywood movie kingdom. And through a series of cultural communication and other means, it has entered the public's vision and forced people to pay attention to this emerging value. In some Hollywood movies, individualistic heroism in American culture is well-interpreted such as the Iron Man ,the Spider Man and the Superman. Creating different kinds of heroes is an important secret to the long-lasting Hollywood movie in the United States. It is also a source of various cultural values in Hollywood. These unreal heroes created on the screen are also highly sought after by the American public and even the world’s audiences for their distinct personalities, noble sentiments, uncommon skills and extraordinary merit. While people around the world are paying attention to the heroic qualities of Hollywood science fiction heroes, some small-person movies headed by the Shawshank Redemption adapted from real-life stories also convey individualistic heroism in American movie culture.

The Shawshank Redemption, a remake of the novel of the same name by American writer Stephen Edwin King, takes "hope" as its theme through the special background of forced deprivation of liberty and high emphasis on discipline to show the individual's fear of "time lapse, environmental transformation". The Shawshank Redemption is not only a successful jailbreak movie, in addition to the successful acting of the actor, and it also reflect another type of individualistic heroism contained in the protagonist Andy among diverse American Individualistic Heroism movies.