Jaws Themes

Jaws, as you may have noticed, is a story of men. Sure, there are women in Amity, but the film focuses on the guys, and each bro brings his own brand of masculinity. There's Chief Brody, the regul...

It goes without saying that the shark isn't the only dangerous force in Jaws. Amity Island's exclusive, tight-knit society is nearly as big a menace to itself as any predator could be. Maybe the sh...

When you talk about science in Jaws, you're really talking about Hooper (often with help from Chief Brody) and the struggle to use scientific knowledge against folk wisdom, willful ignorance, and e...

Jaws is, among other things, a classic monster movie. Almost from the first frame of the movie, the audience knows that the shark is more than just a shark (although it takes the film's characters...