In the opening scene, Ethan is getting reacquainted with the family. The ceiling boards in the house are just above Ethan’s head. This makes him appear to be too big for the house, as if he doesn’t belong there with the rest of the family. This gives the audience the impression that he won’t remain there for too long. Not long after Ethan’s arrival some of the neighbor’s cattle are stolen. Ethan rides out with the rangers the next morning to find the stolen cattle. It was a long ride across the vast terrain. When the rangers come upon the dead cattle, they can’t figure out why the I

When the stagecoach stops at the third out camp post it is a mirror image of the east vs. west only on a smaller scale. There is a wooden fence surrounding the eight-foot wall around the fort. The two boundaries incase Ringo kid when he confronts Dallas about making a life together on his ranch in Mexico. The two boundaries help to show Ringos charter and the choices he has to make. He has to decide if he is going to escape out into the wild and avenge his brother’s death or if he is going to settle down and have a life with Dallas. Ringo, who believes he has to do both, pushes onto Lordsburg. Finally, when the stagecoach reaches Lordsburg, it is shown in the dark. The packed hoer houses and bars only light the streets. This helps to illustrate the wilderness town that it is. These settings shaped the movie how the audience viewed the film.

Throughout the movie we see the massive Colorado Mountains looming over the houses and town as a backdrop. The unresolved conflict of the ranchers and the homesteaders looms over them until they face their problems. In the end however it is Shane that confronts and defeats the hired gun and the Riker brothers.

ndians killed them. Ethan knows that they have been lured out, leaving their homes defenseless to the Indians. Ethan is more in tune with the ways of the desert life. The vast land once seemed beautiful, but is now a burden because the rangers will never make it back in time to stop the Indian attacks. The scene where the Indians attack the family happens just before dark, as they a

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