Symbolism in Jaws
The iconic Spielberg film Jaws possesses deeper elements that speak of human nature and the hidden beliefs we carry within. The film exposes important questions regarding our views on the purpose of war and resulting prejudice. In the movie, Quint describes how Japanese submarines attacked a US vessel with torpedoes after it had delivered the Hiroshima atomic bomb. In the same way that the Great White Shark is a machine-like creature of monstrous proportions, completely devoid of any humanity or sense of humaneness, there are allusions to the World War II American stereotype of the Japanese soldiers. Both the ...