A book and a movie are never the same. Many times there are quite a few differences between the two. Some differences in movie tend to emphasize certain scenes that we the director believes are the most important ones in the movie. In general the movie tends to add or leave out certain things in order to make the movie more interesting and capturing to the audience. For this essay‚ the movie that Hamlet is being compared to is the version with Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. In this version‚ the direction
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If anyone is ever looking for a movie based on a Shakespeare play‚ poorly adapted into a modern story about high school basketball players‚ and complete with uninspired acting‚ then the movie O‚ directed by Tim Blake Nelson‚ is the perfect choice. The movie‚ which stars Mekhi Phifer‚ Julia Stiles‚ and Martin Sheen‚ takes place in modern America and centers around private school basketball players. The star of the team‚ Odin‚ is favored by Coach Duke which rubs many players‚ especially the Coach’s
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Cesar was a tyrant? Or was he a hero? Cesar was a hero of course! Just look at him‚ he was powerful general‚ smart and he was a good ruler. He cares for the common people and cleaned up Rome. He made fountains to get people fresh water‚ got people food and made sure that the sewage was cleaned up. Cesar was loved by all the common people of Rome because he helped and paid attention to them unlike most rulers. Most of the citizens at the time thought Cesar’s rule was a blessing. During Cesar’s rule
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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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When a play or novel is turned into a movie‚ there will always be missing elements. With “Doubt”‚ its movie adaptation is more of a companion piece. Each medium has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but I think they benefit each other. In the play‚ the reader gets more freedom to come to their own conclusion about Father Flynn‚ whereas in the movie‚ there is a strong influence on his guiltiness. As Shanley is the playwright and also the director‚ he constructs both to be beneficial in their own
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are several differences between the way the play The Crucible was written and the way it was presented in the film adaptation we watched in class. One major difference was that in the movie‚ the girls were shown dancing in the forest at the beginning. In the play it is only a flashback. The scene was added in the movie to make it more dramatic and foreshadowing. I think it helps to understand the movie better and it sets the mood of the story from the very beginning. In the movie‚ when the girls
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History 1301 November 14 ‚ 2015 Cesar Chavez Cesar Estrada Chavez was a founder of the National Farmer Workers Association‚ later to become the United Farm Workers-The UFW. The story of Cesar Chavez begins in the year 1927 near Yuma Arizona and ends in 1993 in a small village near Yuma Arizona. Mr. Chavez was named after his grandfather Cesario. Early in his life he learned about justice or rather injustice as his home was swindled from them by dishonest Anglos. Cesar ’s father agreed to clear eighty
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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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Questionable Heroes in the Play Julius Caesar Julius Caesar‚ a play written by the famous play-write William Shakespeare‚ had many characters who could have been questioned in terms of their motives and will. Some may have had good intentions‚ but others were revealed to have other things in mind than the well-being of the Romans. The aim of this paper is to take a look at why the main people in this tragedy did what they did. Julius Caesar‚ the center of the big ordeal‚ is the first logical
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The Life of Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez was born March 31‚ 1927 in a small town near Yuma‚ Arizona. Cesar was born in a very poor family. During his childhood‚ Cesar did not only see the injustices of life‚ but he also saw how most farm workers were mistreated and overworked. Also Cesar saw how many people lost their jobs and homes‚ and basically had to walk around the country in order to find a new job. When Cesar was 10‚ his parents were forced to become migrant workers because of the Great
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