- Rashomon was about these two men retelling a murder case they were involved in. The story starts with everyone involved and their perspective of what happened. The farmer spoke about how he found the body. The monk of how he meets the couple. The bandit said he killed the husband and tried to get with his wife but she escaped. The wife said the bandit took advantage of her and that she passed out and woke up with her husband dead. The plot shows how humans react under dire circumstances in different scenarios.
- The main symbols in the film are the rain and the sword. The rain symbolized an ominous tone for the movie. Rain is often associated with gloomy situations. The sword symbolizes violence, protection, and power. Those who wield weapons in the film like the thief and the husband used it either to defend or attack someone.
- The structure of the film was very important because to show the Rashomon effect you need to show different perspectives. We got to see the similarities and differences in everyone’s story and had to think wonder who was telling the truth and who was lying. In the end, we found out the truth and saw that the majority of the people were not telling the truth but their version of what happened.
4. The Rashomon effect is very prevalent in social media due to many factors. One factor is the algorithms created in many social media apps. The algorithms often show things you agree with or like to see. This can cause you to only view situations from sources you think are valid and align with your view, then fact-check to ensure you are receiving accurate information. Often we see the algorithms show different posts during the election between the Democrats and Republicans. Another aspect of social media that exacerbates the Rashomon effect is how fast information is spread in the news. Often time blogs on social media just post the situation online without context causing people to come up with their ideas about what happens. This is very dangerous as this can cause misinformation to spread and could potentially harm people’s reputations and livelihoods. Anonymity has always been a controversial part of society with people using that to say how they truly feel. People often use anonymous profiles to say extreme viewpoints with no backlash since people will never know who they are. This lets people say withever they want even if it’s not true to help spread confusion in different situations.