ENGL 2544 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Relativism, Rashomon Effect
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It was a way to hear evidence/figure out what happened etc: law is not seen in action. What makes it modern: stories feel very old (12th century), but they have been treated and brought to life in a modern way. Colored rain: opening scene, colored rain so that it would show up on black and white film, director had equipment to spray colored water on set. Japanese culture: normal for samurais to commit suicide because of shame. Director deliberately chose time period to show ideas of honor: bandit, woman, and samurai are all credible/realistic characters. Freed husband and tells him to kill her: samurai: He would have altered it to portray himself as more honorable: woodcutter: He is the o(cid:374)ly perso(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)y reaso(cid:374) to lie. Realized he did (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g (cid:449)he(cid:374) he stole to (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s dagger so he retur(cid:374)ed to tell his version of what happened.
