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内容概括：
The story takes place in 1947.
Andy, the banker, wanted to shoot his wife and her lover after he was drunk because his wife had an extramarital affair.
However, he did not start. Coincidentally, someone shot his wife and her lover that night.
He was accused of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, which means that he will spend the rest of his life in Shawshank prison.
故事发生在1947年，银行家安迪因为妻子有婚外情，酒醉后本想用枪杀了妻子和她的情人，但是他没有下手，巧合的是那晚有人枪杀了他妻子和她情人，他被指控谋杀，被判无期徒刑，这意味着他将在肖申克监狱度过余生。
A thief was jailed for theft, and the warden was unwilling to help him with the death of Andy's wife and her lover.
一名小偷因盗窃入狱，知道安迪妻子和她情人的死亡真相，狱长不愿帮他翻案。
After knowing the truth, Andy decided to get freedom through his own redemption, and finally escaped from prison successfully.
安迪知道真相后，决定通过自己的救赎去获得自由，最后成功逃出监狱。
When the warden opened Andy's cell door the next day, he found that he had disappeared.
He had a premonition that the warden coming to the end of the day would commit suicide before the prosecutors received the evidence from Andy.
当翌日典狱长打开安迪的牢门时，发现他已不翼而飞，预感到末日来临的典狱长在检察人员收到安迪投寄的罪证之前，畏罪自杀。
扩展资料：
《肖申克的救赎》是美国作家斯蒂芬·埃德温·金的中篇小说，也是其代表作。收录于小说合集《四季奇谭》中，副标题为“春天的希望”。
监狱作为故事背景带有寓意性，以安迪、典狱长、狱警和囚犯们所构成的这个世界，本身就是错谬、混乱的。安迪是一个无罪的好人，却被关进监狱接受改造。肖申克的几任典狱长没有一个是清白的，但他们却在那里颐指气使，教化训导着无罪的安迪。
在这样一个错谬、黑白颠倒的世界，现代派作家笔下的人物通常会自甘堕落或精神崩溃，而斯蒂芬·金塑造的安迪却像一只浴火后重生的火凤凰，健康自信地飞出了炼狱的火坑。这样的结果同样寄托着作者要使荒原上的人们坚守善良人性并“振奋”起来的创作主旨。
《肖申克的救赎》这部作品的名称也具有象征意义。肖申克象征着黑暗与恶，而起源于《旧约·以赛亚书》的救赎一词，则象征着基督思想的实践。
值得思考的是，小说中的人物并没有像早期美国移民那样把“宗教作为社会生活的根本”，当然也没有进行任何的宗教实践。
主人公安迪没有等待上帝对他的救赎，而是凭着自己对善良人性的坚守，自救救人，赢得了自由，实现了重生。其实，随着20世纪西方社会信仰的缺失，人本主义代替了神本主义，这个词似乎早已不那么流行了。
美国许多作家早已注意到，“物质金钱为腐蚀剂，工业科技为剥夺人性之源”。
斯蒂芬·金笔下的“另类”人物安迪在肖申克监狱几十年如一日苦心孤诣、惨淡经营所实现的救赎决不是一般基督教教义上的救赎，这里的救赎似乎加上引号才更为妥帖，才能表达更多的蕴涵，才能看出作者对当下社会和现代人性诸多问题的深层关注和思考。
《肖申克的救赎》这部小说诠释了希望与自由的真谛，可以说如果故事中的安迪放弃了希望，他就不会获得自由，通过小说情节不难看出，希望引导了行动，不仅仅主角安迪如此，就连故事中的瑞德也是通过安迪的礼物寻找到了光明和希望，最终通过希望获得了自由。
虽然希望与自由是两个不同的意义的词汇，但是在小说中他们有着因果关系。希望”是心中最真切的幻想、盼望、期望、愿望达到的某种目的或出现的某种情况。因为安迪有希望，他才能做出一系列的救赎进行自我拯救。故事中自由就是希望的实现
剧情概括：
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American, it tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.
详细剧情：
In 1947, banker Andy Dufresne is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary in the state of Maine. Andy befriends contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding, an inmate serving a life sentence. Red procures a rock hammer and later a large poster of Rita Hayworth for Andy. Working in the prison laundry, Andy is regularly assaulted by the "bull queer" gang "the Sisters" and their leader, Bogs.
In 1949, Andy overhears the brutal captain of the guards, Byron Hadley, complaining about being taxed on an inheritance and offers to help him legally shelter the money. After a vicious assault by the Sisters nearly kills Andy, Hadley beats Bogs severely. Bogs is sent to another prison and Andy is never attacked again. Warden Samuel Norton meets with Andy and reassigns him to the prison library to assist elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen. Andy's new job is a pretext for him to begin managing financial matters for the prison employees. As time passes, the warden begins using Andy to handle matters for a variety of people including guards from other prisons and the warden himself. Andy begins writing weekly letters to the state government for funds to improve the decaying library.
In 1954, Brooks is paroled, but cannot adjust to the outside world after fifty years in prison and hangs himself. Andy receives a library donation that includes a recording of The Marriage of Figaro. He plays an excerpt over the public address system, resulting in his receiving solitary confinement. After his release from solitary Andy explains that hope is what gets him through his time, a concept that Red dismisses. In 1963, Norton begins exploiting prison labor for public works, profiting by undercutting skilled labor costs and receiving kickbacks. He has Andy launder the money using the alias Randall Stephens.
In 1965, Tommy Williams is incarcerated for burglary. He joins Andy's and Red's circle of friends, and Andy helps him pass his G.E.D. exam. In 1966, Tommy reveals to Red and Andy that an inmate at another prison claimed responsibility for the murders Andy was convicted of, implying Andy's innocence. Andy approaches Warden Norton with this information, but the warden refuses to listen and sends Andy back to solitary when he mentions the money laundering. Norton then has Captain Hadley murder Tommy under the guise of an escape attempt. Andy refuses to continue the money laundering, but relents after Norton threatens to burn the library, remove Andy's protection from the guards, and move him out of his cell into worse conditions. Andy is released from solitary confinement and tells Red of his dream of living in Zihuatanejo, a Mexican coastal town. Red feels Andy is being unrealistic, but promises Andy that if he is ever released he will visit a specific hayfield near Buxton, Maine and retrieve a package Andy buried there. Red becomes worried about Andy's state of mind, especially when he learns Andy asked another inmate to supply him with six feet of rope.
The next day at roll call the guards find Andy's cell empty. An irate Warden Norton throws a rock at the poster of Raquel Welch hanging on the wall, and the rock tears through the poster. Removing the poster, the warden discovers a tunnel that Andy dug with his rock hammer over the previous two decades. The previous night, Andy escaped through the tunnel and used the prison's sewage pipe to reach freedom. Andy escapes with Norton's suit, shoes, and the ledger containing details of the money laundering. While guards search for him the following morning, Andy poses as Randall Stephens and visits several banks to withdraw the laundered money. Finally, he mails the ledger and evidence of the corruption and murders at Shawshank to a local newspaper. The police arrive at Shawshank and take Hadley into custody, while Norton commits suicide to avoid arrest.
After serving 40 years, Red is finally paroled. He struggles to adapt to life outside prison and fears he never will. Remembering his promise to Andy, he visits Buxton and finds a cache containing money and a letter asking him to come to Zihuatanejo. Red violates his parole and travels to Fort Hancock, Texas to cross the border to Mexico, admitting he finally feels hope. On a beach in Zihuatanejo he finds Andy, and the two friends are happily reunited.本回答被网友采纳
