SCHINDLER'S_LIST_ESSAY
"Discuss how the film Schindler's List has effectively shaped your understanding of the meaning of aggression".Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg is a probing film, which endeavours to show us the true meaning of aggression. There are many forms of aggression portrayed in this film: physical, psychological, abuse of power, and passive aggression. Spielberg chose to demonstrate these forms, in most cases, quite graphically, and some others in a subtly disturbing manner.Physical aggression is the most commonly depicted mode throughout the film. Physical aggression is, for the most part, equal to physical abuse. This can have serious effects upon a person's life. For example, it could leave their appearance significantly altered, thereby affecting the way they view themselves probably in a negative way. An example of physical aggression in Schindler's List would be the scene in which the women's hair is cut off at the Auschwitz camp. In this scene, the Jewish women are stripped of even their most basic feminine possession, a dehumanising act. The overbearing sounds of snipping scissors covers any minute murmuring to be heard. In our community, there are many couples existing where one partner physically abuses the o
------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. During the course of the scene he also told her that she was "nothing but a Jewish bitch" and turned to violence because of his own inhibitions. This is a form of passive aggression, because if the individual became aware of the group's comments, he/she would be extremely hurt. Depending on the individual, the answers to those questions would seriously effect the individuals nervous or mental state, quite possibly even contribute to their breaking point. Few times in the film, Schindler's List, the aggression shown can be classified as the abuse of power. When some individuals are granted a position of power, they can be inclined to "milk it for all it's worth", which can lead to serious problems, not only for the victim of the aggression, but also to the aggressor. The form of physical aggression is definitely the most detrimental to a person's body and can even result in the extreme of the victim's death. Often the individual being attacked by psychological aggression will suffer from poor self-esteem and sometimes even a more serious mental illness. This can leave a person with absolutely no self-esteem, making them feel worthless and unwanted. In the film Schindler's List, psychological aggression is on view in the scene in which the German citizens are throwing dirt at the mass of Jews. Often teamed with physical aggression, it is very harmful to a person's wellbeing as well. Schindler's List showed us both the effects and consequences of aggression through the abuse of power. Psychological aggression taps directly into a person's emotions. An example from the film would be the scene in which the Jewish children are loaded onto trucks and taken away. Whatever form aggression takes, whether physical, psychological, abuse of power, or passive, aggression is always harmful to the victim and in some cases, even to the aggressor.
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