From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 11:10:52 PM UTC-10, aest...@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > On Monday at 2 A.M., TCM is scheduled to telecast Kurosawa's SEVEN   
   > SAMURAI.   
   > Check your local listings.   
      
   Relative morality and "Seven Samurai":   
      
   - An important theme throughout the film is that different individuals have   
   differing senses of morality based on their own experiences in life, and that   
   people must try to understand the views of others in the context of their   
   personal experiences. The    
   seven samurai are introduced as ronin, which means they have no lord, so they   
   have had to determine their own sense of what is right and wrong in the world,   
   rather than follow the instructions of a master. The audience comes to   
   appreciate this about them,   
    and in particular, that they have looked within themselves for guidance   
   rather deferring to societal expectations, as some other ronin tend to do.   
   However, the idea that their moral determinations should be considered   
   absolute is challenged by Kikuchiyo,   
    when he explodes in anger at the issue of the villagers’ hunting of samurai   
   in the past—he points out that the way that samurai have oppressed farmers   
   for centuries must be considered when judging these actions, even if it does   
   not completely excuse    
   them. The samurai actually listen to this argument, and their understanding   
   that the villagers’ worldview is shaped by their hardships allows the   
   samurai and villagers to finally come together before the battle.   
      
   https://www.gradesaver.com/seven-samurai/study-guide/themes   
      
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