"Frederick Douglass (2002)" by Chris Wolf
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Authors

Chris Wolf

Document Type

Freshman Essay

Publication Date

2002

Excerpt

In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman explains to Tim Robbins that hope is a "dangerous emotion to have." Likewise, as an African American slave in the middle of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass completely embodies the emotion, and shows how hope was a feeling feared by many and cherished by few.

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