**This class will be taught on Zoom**
This two-hour PowerPoint lecture and discussion, including production stills and film clips, revisits Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952), a Western classic that reflects its historical moment during the Hollywood blacklist while raising a timeless question: where do we draw the line between being brave and being foolish? Using Aristotle’s “golden mean,” we examine courage as a balance between cowardice and recklessness, and explore how the film’s divided community, its female characters, and its lone marshal reveal a spectrum of moral choice. Registrants are expected to view the film in advance via a streaming service or library of their choosing.
