Overview and Plot Summary (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Director of 'On the Waterfront'
Director of 'On the Waterfront'
Elia Kazan
Release year of 'On the Waterfront'
Release year of 'On the Waterfront'
1954
Setting location of the film
Setting location of the film
Docks of Hoboken, New Jersey
Main protagonist & former boxer
Main protagonist & former boxer
Terry Malloy
Mob boss controlling the waterfront
Mob boss controlling the waterfront
Johnny Friendly
Character murdered at film's start
Character murdered at film's start
Joey Doyle
Joey's sister who demands justice
Joey's sister who demands justice
Edie (Catholic teacher trainee)
Priest who supports longshoremen
Priest who supports longshoremen
Father Barry
Terry's brother & Friendly's right-hand man
Terry's brother & Friendly's right-hand man
Charlie 'the Gent' Malloy
Central theme: breaking code of ___
Central theme: breaking code of ___
Silence
Workers' policy: 'deaf and ___'
Workers' policy: 'deaf and ___'
Dumb
What Terry's pigeons symbolise
What Terry's pigeons symbolise
Innocence and freedom
Terry's famous line in cab scene
Terry's famous line in cab scene
'I could have been a contender'
Item Terry wears in final confrontation
Item Terry wears in final confrontation
Joey Doyle's jacket
Longshoremen's final action
Longshoremen's final action
Follow Terry into work hangar, reject Friendly