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 other. That person can be cut, burned, or simply battered and bruised so badly that their physical appearance can be altered. This can leave a person with absolutely no self-esteem, making them feel worthless and unwanted. 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. Schindler's List showed this form of aggression many times: each scene putting into perspective how much physical aggression can seriously break an individual's spirit.
             Psychological aggression is the next most common form portrayed in the film. Often teamed with physical aggression, it is ve...

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