Philadelphia Movie Symbolism

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Philadelphia The movie Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington depicts two lawyers fighting for the symbolic loss of the one of the lawyers who has contracted AIDS in the 1990s. Tom Hanks plays as Andrew Beckett, who successful made partner in upscale firm is fired because of his virus. The types of losses portrayed in this film are normal and complicated grief due to symbolic loss and actual loss due to death. According to Walsh, 2009 loss due to transition and health related symbolically losses were Andrew contracting AIDS. The transition of having Aids went from good-standing to worse to death. One of the symbolic losses Andrew encountered was the friendships he had with the partners of the firm. Second symbolic loses …show more content…

Before he actually gave up he fought against the firm for firing him and won because the reason they gave for firing was false. The family was very hurt sadness yearning because he passes out during cross examination. The family was yearning. According to Worden, 2009 yearning is a normal response to loss for a family during the grief process Andrews’s illness affects his partner as sadness symbolic loss and actual death as well as the family when he was testifying in his behalf everyone could see how ill he was and there was a grieving reaction when he fainted. The course concepts covered in the class lectures and readings and PowerPoint weekly discussion on grief and loss was a great turn of phrase the movie assignment Philadelphia) pertains to Andrew’s life events as symbolic loss and actual loss. Andrew’s relational partner Magill wanted him to take his medication however Andrew was tired of succumbing to the transition of his life changes of wearing the oxygen and the IV that keep him alive. Instead they attended a costume party. At this party there were many of Andrews’s friends, mostly the guy population, however his defense lawyer and his wife attended as

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