Analysis Of The 2010 Suspenseful Thriller Shutter Island

Zubair Khan DHD 102 Film Analysis- Shutter Island 12/03/2015 My concluding interpretation of the 2010 suspenseful thriller Shutter Island resulted with a lucid Teddy choosing to â€Å"die as a good man â€Å" rather than living as a monster who has to wake up every morning with regret for murdering his wife. It is apparent that Teddy was going to get lobotomized at the lighthouse by his own will. Lobotomy in the description given in the film is to cut into the brain to reduce aggressive behavior and ultimately calm the individual down permanently. Even though the ambiguous scenes in the film of role-playing scenarios acted out by Teddy as a Marshal did not work in the doctors’ eyes, the film ends in reinforcing the ‘kill or cure impulse’ to solve the problems throughout the movie. To better understand the kill or cure impulse, individuals must first understand what the concept of normalcy is. Normalcy is synonymous for being average or typical. In the film, the individuals who were considered to be most violent and unable to be contained in a prison facility would be sent to Shutter Island. Further relating to the film, ward C which was off limits to all and contained the most dangerous prisoners represented the different sectors of the island. The island represented the individuals who were separated from the normal society. In comparison to another film, The Black Stork, which was based on a true story, promoted the use of euthanizing infants to minimize or substantially eliminate