Morris By Kiara Sophie AND OLIVIA Main Actions Yells at Tsotsi at the train station and spits at his feet Tsotsi becomes angry and follows Morris into dark alleyways Morris offers ID: 206564
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Character Notes:Morris
By
Kiara
, Sophie
AND OLIVIASlide2
Main Actions
Yells at
Tsotsi
at the train station and spits at his feet
Tsotsi
becomes angry and follows Morris into dark alleyways
Morris offers
Tsotsi
his money but
Tsotsi
is not interested
He tells
Tsotsi
that he lost the use of his legs in a mining
accident
We
see a change in
Tsotsi
and he decides to forget his anger and let Morris
go
At the end of the film we see
Tsotsi
give money to Morris
something in
Morris's helplessness touches
Tsotsi
. Helps
him become more
human after he reminds
Tsotsi
of a dog with a broken back from his childhood.Slide3
Costume
In a wheelchair and wearing dark clothing
Black beanie
Dark grey coat
Brown shoesSlide4
Props associated with the character
Wheelchair
- Morris does not have the use of his legs and is bound to a wheelchair
.
Money – Morris collects coins and money is a tin box that we see in the confrontational scene between Morris and
Tsotsi
. Slide5
conflicts
conflict between
Tsotsi
and Morris. Morris calls
Tsotsi
a dog and spits at his feet.
Makes
Tsotsi
angry and causes him to follow Morris underneath a bridge, intending to kill him.
Tsotsi
decides to let Morris go unharmed.
His
significance is he is the first person that
Tsotsi
feels sympathy for and leaves
him alive because he reminded
Tsotsi
of a dog
in his childhood Slide6
A Key Episode Involved In and Film Techniques Used
Tsotsi
follows Morris into the dark alleyways with the intention of killing him. Morris offers
Tsotsi
his money but
Tsotsi
is not interested in it.
Tsotsi
kicks the tin containing the money and the contents spill out in slow motion. Morris is frightened and comes to the realisation that he may not live.
Tsotsi
asks Morris how he became to be bound to the wheelchair. Morris replies and says that he was in a mining accident.
Tsotsi
says that Morris reminds him of a dog with a broken back from his childhood. This evokes a change in
Tsotsi
. He begins to pity Morris and he decides to let Morris go unharmed. Slide7
Key Quotes
“What kind of man would break a dog’s back?” (after hearing about the dog with a broken back from
Tsotsi’s
childhood)Slide8
Relationships With Other Characters
Has a confrontation with
Tsotsi
after
Tsotsi
stalks him down alleyways, intending to kill himSlide9
Function / Importance in the Narrative Structure of the Film
The
incident between
Tsotsi
and Morris showed a change in
Tsotsi
, where his first outbursts of hostility towards Morris change to feelings of sympathy. The vulnerability of Morris evokes sympathetic feeling within
Tsotsi
and we see the first signs of
Tsotsi
regaining his humanity. Morris helps to convey the theme of the possibility of redemption.Slide10
Themes Which The Character Reflects
The possibility of redemption
Tsotsi
changes from wanting to kill Morris, to walking away from the situation and letting Morris go unharmed.
Tsotsi
chooses to do good instead of evil. Slide11