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A Beautiful Mind A. CASTS Characters: Russell Crowe as John Forbes Nash, Jr. : A mathematical genius who is obsessed with finding an original idea to ensure his legacy. legacy. Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash : A later student of Nash who catches his interest. Paul Bettany as Charles Heran . Nash's cheerful, supportive roommate and best friend throughout graduate college. !" Harris as #illia Parcher : A highly dedicated and forceful government agent for the Department of Defense. He recruits Nash to he lp fight Soviet spies. Josh $ucas as %artin Hansen : Nash's friendly rival from his graduate school years at rinceton. !n the end, Hansen tells Nash that nobody wins, and they are at that point to consider each other as e"uals. A"a &ol"ber' as Sol : A friend of Nash's from rinceton #niversity who is chosen, along with $ender, to wor% with him at &!. Anthony Ra(( as Ben"er: A friend of Nash's from rinceton #niversity who is chosen, along with Sol, to wor% with him at &!. )i*ien Car"one as %arcee : (harles' young niece. Christo(her Pluer as +r. Rosen : Nash's doctor at a psychiatric hospital. Ju"" Hirsch as Helin'er : he head of the rinceton mathematics department.
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he movie too% place in different settings. Among these were the rinceton #niversity where )ohn Nash studied as a student and later on wor%ed as a professor after he had recovered much better from his mental illness, &assachusetts !nstitute of echnology where he wor%ed as a professor after graduation from college and a nd eventually became his h is *office+ as a supposedly code brea%er for the #.S. Department of Defense or the entagon. $ut the film was shot mostly at the rinceton #niversity after &! refused to have some scenes of the movie ta%en inside their campus, Conflict an" Thee:
he maor conflict and theme that is too obvious in this movie it is man versus himself. )ohn Nash is struggling to grasp which is reality and delusions. He is also struggling to %eep himself alive by trying to do what he should do as a normal human being and not to be swayed into doing cra-y things that are not real and would do no good to him. ventually, this showed up when his mental illness struc% him again and he was made to choose between what is real, which was his wife screaming at him to believe her, or the imaginary, imaginary, which was archer po%ing a gun at her wife attempting attempting to shoot at her. At the end of the scene, he finally wo%e up to reality.
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B. SCRT-N /F TH! %/)-! 0. #hat are the "ifferent factors that contribute" to the character1s (ro'ressi*e ental ca(abilities "eise2 Answer: !t all began when )ohn Nash was as%ed to decipher radio signals being sent by the Soviet #nion for the entagon. He had been able to successfully do so and this is where he met /illiam archer, which is one of his imaginary characters who is supposedly giving instructions to him on what he should do. $ut during his college days, he already showed these symptoms when he had an imaginary room mate named (harles. !t is not clear what happened but it could be because he is bothered in coming up with an original idea for his paper. 3. How "i" it affect his career2 Faily2 Hiself2 Answer: !t affected him much because he had been %ept himself away from others and he always had suspicions that the enemy, the Soviets, are after him because of his ability to decipher. He was eventually %ic%ed out of his ob as a professor because of what the unusual behavior that he is showing.
/ith his family, his wife is the most affected because he is not able to become a good husband to her 0 emotionally and physically. He was also gravely affected and he was not able to be thin% clearly and decides on impulse and when his illness stri%es again, he succumbs to it and do what his imaginary characters says to him. 4. #hy "i" the character ins(ite of reco*erin' seee" to choose illusion o*er reality2 Answer: his is because the medication he is ta%ing seems to degrade his capacity to thin% and solve &ath problems. He was also unable to love his wife physically. So he started not ta%ing in his much needed medications and started to live *normal+ again which eventually led to his mental illness going bac% again. 5. How "i" he esca(e the release2 Answer: hat moment happened when he was confronted with both reality and delusions. !nfront of him was archer and his wife, it was such a emotional confrontation that got Nash thin%ing and eventually, because he noticed that archer, (harles and the little girl are not growing old, he finally got sense of what the real thing is. 6. -n your o(inion, what shoul" (eo(le "o who encounter such cases react to the2 Answer: eople should not pre1udge them. &ost of the time, people thin% that they got cra-y because they are too intelligent when in fact there are other reasons behind their mental illness. /hat people should give is understand them and let them feel that they are loved and valued by someone else. 7. #hat role "i" the wife (lay with his reco*ery2 Answer: She never left her husband despite %nowing his illnesses and even his shortcomings as a husband and father. She stood by his side on the dar%est days of his life and eventually in the end, she was the reason why his husband got bac% to reality. She showed what a true love is that no matter what happens she was always there for him.
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8. How "i" the o*ie affect you2 Answer: ! was made to thin% about the condition of persons with mental illness li%e this in our hospitals. ! can+t imagine the pain and suffering that they are undergoing everyday because they had to undergo several treatments everyday. Aside from that, the completely lost their grip on reality and they are being abandoned by their family and friends 0 which )ohn Nash is luc%y that he did not e2perienced it because by his wife never left him. 9. #hat (art of the o*ie o*e" you the ost2 Answer: !t was that part wherein )ohn Nash had to ma%e a decision 0 to save his wife or succumb even more to his delusions. !t showed how we are often faced with life1changing decisions that could either ma%e or brea% us. Happily, it ended with him going bac% to the real world. . #hat was the si'nificance of the little 'irl an" the an the character always see2 Answer: !t could be because he was a loner that his mind started to create imaginary people that would value, love and care for him. hat+s why his wife+s role is important in helping him recover because all through his life, he feels un1loved by people. !t also tells us that man cannot really live by himself. He needs companions, family and loved ones around him that would support, care and love him always. 0;. Narrate that (art of the o*ie wherein they becoe si'nificant2 Answer: #sually, the two appears on scenes wherein he is always alone. &aybe, that was one way to cope with his loneliness that he want to have an instant companion that he would tal% to even though it is unconsciously happening to him. C. S%%AR <3;;=36; wor"s>
he movie is based on a true story of a famous mathematician named )ohn 3orbes Nash. 4ussel (rowe played the role of Nash and the movie was directed by 4on Howard. Nash is shown in the film as a struggling student who wants to prove himself to others. ventually, he was able to formulate the *game theory+ which was an idea that popped out of his mind after their stint at a local bar. !t was also during his college days that his delusions started when he had an imaginary room mate named (harles and his niece. He eventually wor%ed as a professor at &! and seems to have a guaranteed rosy future in the early '56s after he marries beautiful student Alicia 7)ennifer (onnelly8. Soon after, )ohn is visited by Agent /illiam archer 7d Harris8, from the (!A, who wants to recruit him for code1brea%ing activities. $ut evidence suggests that Nash's perceptions of reality are cloudy at best9 he is struggling to maintain his tenuous hold on sanity, and Alicia suspects a diagnosis of paranoid schi-ophrenia. $attling decades of illness with the loyal Alicia by his side, Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state, and eventually goes on to triumphantly win the Nobel ri-e.
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