For example‚ Koncholovsky changes Poseidon source of anger. In Koncholovsky version of the Odyssey‚ Poseidon was mad at Odysseus because he did not give him thanks for helping him get into Troy’s gates. Odysseus says he did it all on his own. In the book version‚ Poseidon despises Odysseus for blinding his son‚ the Cyclops Polyphemus‚ and constantly obstructs his journey home. This change impacted the way Odysseus is presented as a leader because his personal desire to have glory and fame clouded his
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Little Red Riding Hood is the classic tale of wolves‚ grandmothers‚ and why it isn’t a good idea to mix the two. As nearly anybody could tell you‚ the story starts with Little Red going to visit her poor‚ sick grandmother. However‚ she is beat to her grandmother’s house by a cunning wolf‚ attacked by said wolf‚ and is saved by the heroic Huntsman‚ who happens to stumble upon the cottage at a very convenient time. But‚ like any story that has stood the test of time‚ it has been changed slightly
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Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ each character has their own differences and similarities. But the major changes shown in the film‚ are between the characters of Gatsby and Nick. The film’s take on these two characters stays within the style of the book‚ but some information about them are seen to be excluded in the film. Through the directing style of Baz Luhrmann‚ both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby are not portrayed in full as F. Scott Fitzgerald had written them as‚ even though they do share some
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The Lovely Bones In The Lovely Bones‚ a novel written by Alice Sebold‚ a horrific story of an unfortunate death and tragedy unfolds. The movie (released in 2009)‚ directed by Peter Jackson‚ depicts the same story‚ but displays the emotions of the characters in ways the author couldn’t. The book contrasts to the movie using mood‚ tone and theme by the way the director produces the film less brutal and cruel than the novel. The mood of both story lines remains very poignant‚ with a sense of suspense
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In my opinion on the movie O and that it related to the play Othello because there were many differences but all the end it did seem like an Othello ending. Like for example in the play they used swords and knives in the movie used guns. Plus‚ there was a war going on in the play but in O it was just a basketball. But both stories are still similar because both Odin and Othello both have anger and jealously. This movie was good because it did show Othello in a different way‚ but the characters were
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reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry had good intentions when choosing the actors‚ acting is one of those things that she should consider reviewing for some characters in the movie. Mama is one character that
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when he says this it means from the start know of the book it is not going to be good. In the film the first scene is everybody at king Hamlet’s funeral which the film added in this shows from the start that something is wrong with denmark cause we see the dead king instead of seeing a ghost we do not know who it is.The funeral was talked about in the book but no actual scene where they are at his funeral‚ the movie also takes out Fortinbras because we only see or here about him three
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In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar situations throughout the war. Liesel fears the SS men because they could take her dad anytime. In the movie‚ Liesel’s
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The timeless tale of Romeo and Juliet has been told again and again; the similarities and differences between the films are endless. Two movies were made based on the classic love story‚ Romeo and Juliet. The first movie was made in 1968 and the second was a much more modern remake of the classic tale which was made in 1996. These movies told the romance in similar‚ but still in different ways. Both movies can be easily compared and differentiated because they were both alike and different at different
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According to the excerpt from the book Little Women‚ by Louisa May Alcott‚ the March girls’ decision to help the poverty-stricken family was based on the effect it would have on them. There was a family living by them that were freezing‚ starving‚ and without much money that were in need of assistance. The girls’ mother‚ ‘Marmee‚’ asked her children‚ “My girls‚ will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?" (Alcott para 32). Since the girls’ mother asked them instead of telling them to
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