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    In the “Diary of Anne Frank” and in the movie‚ the setting is portrayed very differently. There are many advantages and drawback that can make the movie and script interesting to analyze. In the movie you can experience different techniques than in the book. By watching the movie‚ and reading the script‚ you are able to see and compare the differences and the similarities between the two. In the story‚ the playwrights use many techniques that help revel the setting in the script. One example of

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    There are several differences between the book “Tin Star” and the movie High Noon. The differences made the movie better in my opinion. In the beginning of “Tin Star” Will is visiting his wife at a graveyard‚ in High Noon Will is getting married to his wife. The script writer‚ Carl Foreman‚ may have had a reason for this change. I believe he made this change so that Will could have more going on and more to think about. In High Noon after Will gets married he and his starts to leave town‚ then

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    The Great Gatsby is by far one of the best classical novels ever written. Fitzgerald sure knew what he was doing with this one. The book is still one of the top sellers and has been made into two movies so far. The difference both large and small between chapter eight of The Great Gatsby and its 1974 and 2013 film adaptions prove that once again‚ Hollywood can sure make a heart racing film from just a few hundred pages. The film adoptions of the Great Gatsby‚ talks about the love within Gatsby and

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    Beowulf and The 13th Warrior: Differences and Similarities Beowulf and the 13th Warrior‚ both are very good stories‚ one legibly and the other visually (unless you go to the roots of the 13th Warrior and read Eaters of the Dead). Although it is pretty obvious to anyone who has read Beowulf that the 13th Warrior was based on this great epic‚ there are still several differences that make for an interesting twist or two. While the two stories are very much alike in several ways‚ they are also very

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    how David Mamet’s “widely regarded proficiency with dialogue; an audience’s enjoyment of both play and the movie versions of Glengarry is sustained by it” (Lublin 39). He talks about how the film version even though it has similarities to the play version‚ the film “presents a simpler understanding of society than does the play” (Lublin 40). The film version also shows the “dichotomy between the ‘halves’ and the ‘have nots‚’ the powerful and the powerless” (Lublin 40). According to Lublin film version

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    Qualities of a Hero In the epic poem Beowulf‚ one learns about one of the first known great heroes. Although heroes don’t always wear capes or bear superpowers‚ some people choose to think that these are the only heroes that exist. In truth‚ heroes are people who do extraordinary things‚ even in small measures. A hero can be defined as a person who does great deeds for another or that has admirable traits and abilities. In the time period of the story‚ heroes are usually great warriors. They receive

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    Scop is an old professional poet who is responsible for passing stories from generation to generation. In 596 A.D‚ the first Christianity missionaries arrived in Britain. They spread quickly‚ influenced in agricultural. In “The Seafarer” and Beowulf poem‚ I learned that Christian religion was one of the biggest cultural values expressed in Anglo-Saxon literature. In “The Seafarer” it is clearly demonstrated that the Anglo-Saxon world is tough suffering‚ and courageous on the ocean

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    The similarities and differences between how heroism is portrayed in the Gladiator and in the Beowulf‚ is showcased between the time differences in the texts. Beowulf comes from a line of kings and has the strength of 30 men‚ In the Gladiator‚ Maximus is a commander of the Roman army with a family waiting for him at home to return. A hero must possess key qualities‚ such as‚ Loyalty‚ Leadership‚ Courage‚ Honour/Decorum in order to be victorious; which both characters have. Beowulf’s time and his

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    There are often differences in two different versions of something. This could be frequently realized when a book is made into a movie. The novel “To Kill a Mocking Bird “written By Harper Lee was made into a film widely considered to be one of the greatest ever made‚ directed by Robert Mulligan. Some scenes that were not in the book were added to the film and some scenes from the book remained omitted from the movie. I noticed three major Differences from the book to the movie‚ they include Aunt

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    Shrek In Beowulf and Shrek‚ both heroes share and don’t share many common characteristics and themes that they encounter. Both Beowulf and Shrek set out on a quest to help others. Both of the heroes overcome a specific enemy or monster. Shrek and Beowulf have different goals that they wanted to achieve in their quest. Beowulf and Shrek are both heroes but they both have different goals as they go on their quest. To begin‚ Both Beowulf and Shrek set out on a quest to help others. Beowulf sets out

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