Chief Martin Brody is the "everyman"—the character with whom the audience can most easily identify. No special powers, no genius; just a good guy with common sense doing his job the best he can....

Matt Hooper, a shark expert from "the oceanographic institute on the mainland," is a loveable, charismatic, cocky know-it-all who represents institutional money and the latest scientific knowledge...

If Hooper is the Han Solo of Jaws, Quint is the Obi-Wan Kenobi. Only instead of a light saber, Quint has a harpoon gun. Instead of using the Force, Quint uses tried-and-true fishing traditions. And...

Although Jaws has a trio of fantastic leading men, there's no doubt that the star of the show is the shark. It's on the movie posters. The title of the movie is, obviously, a reference to it (in fa...

Mayor Vaughn is such an interesting character that we've decided to just post a transcript from an interview that Shmoop recorded with him the last time we were vacationing on Amity Island.Shmoop:...

Ellen, Michael, and Sean establish Chief Brody as an everyday family man devoted to his kids and still in love with his wife. Sean, the baby, is the personification of innocence and childhood as he...

Chrissie Watkins The shark's first victim is a classic bathing beauty. This scene owes much to a similar scene from 1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon. In classic horror movie fashion, she's kil...