In the movie “I
Confess” a man confesses to a priest that he murdered another man. Instead of
telling the authorities that this man killed someone he stays silent and is
himself, accused of killing the man. The priest remained faithful and didn’t
tell because it is what he is supposed to do. As a priest you take vows and to
keep a confession secret is one of them. When you are in a confessional the
information shared is between the confessor and God. If the priest tells what
was confessed he is revealing God’s information.
The movie can also be seen as displaying Hitchcock’s
religious views. First, he believes that priests are great people they take on
burdens and hardships to stay faithful to the vows they say at their
ordination. At the end of the movie the killer and his wife ask for forgiveness
because their lying and other things lead to the priest being put on trial for
killing someone. These moments show that Hitchcock believes anyone can be
forgiven even is they are about to die. It would be hard for me to forgive a
person after all that happened, so it also shows that the priest is forgiving
like God.
I would have ended the movie similar to the way it ended. I
don’t think Otto, the murderer, should have died, but his death led to the
question of forgiveness. I was stuck with the question should he be forgiven
after all the things he did. After deep thought he should have. I also would
have kept the ending the way it is because it is suspenseful. The priest is
found not guilty but the community thinks he should stop being a priest. As the
crowd starts to get rowdy the actual murderer reveals himself by shooting his
wife who was about to tell everyone her husband was the murderer.
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