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    pictured Shakespeare’s Macbeth and how the movie showed it are aplenty. Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth‚ she is the brains behind the king’s murder. She called upon the weïrd to provide her with the ability to orchestrate the king’s murder. I Imagined her as a somewhat timid character‚ along with that‚ I assumed her to lack strength in her personality as a character. The movie portrayed Lady Macbeth very differently than I imagined her to be. This quote from Lady Macbeth is a good example of when

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    A comparison of Macbeth and Star Wars Shakespeare wrote the playMacbeth‚ which features the character‚ Macbeth who turns evil. Lucas made the Star Wars movies which feature the hero‚ Anakin Skywalker‚ who succumbs to the dark side. Both men have conflicting issues that lead to their downfall. Anakin Skywalker and Macbeth were both once heroes. Anakin Skywalker had done many heroic acts. He saved many lives. Anakin had always wanted to help everyone he could and this is what made him

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    Setan. What are the differences between watching a movie and reading a novel? There are some contrasts between the two actions. One of the differences is by watching a movie‚ you just need to sit and relax. It is very easy since you only need to watch it and understands it. Furthermore‚ you can watch the movie while doing something else such as eating or exercising. You do not really have to focus like to imagine how the atmosphere is in the movie at that time or how a person is walking down the streets

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    of Duncan‚ Macbeth should be held accountable for his deeds. A reason to support this claim would be‚ Macbeth’s heart had already been filled with malicious intent before he even had a conversation with his wife about killing King Duncan. Readers can say that his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ acted as a sort of trigger that pushed him to the edge. Even though that she is just as guilty as he is‚ Macbeth should’ve trusted what he was doing was wrong. On the night that Duncan visited the Macbeth household‚ his

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    In recent discussion of Macbeth‚ gaining power seems to be the focal point. Macbeth outrageously does anything in his power to achieve what he wants‚ and his ambition takes over his life and also Lady Macbeth life just so he can become king. Throughout the novel and both movies by Rupert Goold‚ and Geoffrey Wright it seemed as if being Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor wasn’t enough at all for Macbeth. However‚ this is shown is both movies how Macbeth’s actions came back to haunt him during the

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    Wyatt Fairchild English 12 Hamlet Paper 2-27-12 Hamlet Movie Compared to the Play Many movies that are played to this day that are about books or plays show extreme differences from each other. The movie Hamlet and the play The Tragedy Hamlet Prince of Denmark is one example of a movie following a play/book very closely. By following the play so closely‚ the movie helps show people Shakespeare’s work of art. In the movie about Hamlet‚ the director did a great job on interpreting it so

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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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    	Arthur Miller ’s play‚ The Crucible‚ and the movie with the same name have many differences and similarities‚ all of which contribute to the individual effectiveness of each in conveying their central message. 	There are several additions and variances in the movie. First of all‚ the scene where the children and Tituba are dancing in the forest is never seen in the forest; we simply learn of it from dialogue. This scene was most probably added in the movie for a dramatic effect: foreshadowing

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    The movie and the play of “The Tempest” both have many similarities in areas such as the characters‚ the plot‚ the theme‚ and style. Although‚ the issue is that there are some rather large discrepancies between the movie and the play‚ such as in the setting‚ some of the events‚ and even missing characters. The first major similarity between the play ands the movie of “The Tempest” is in the characters. To start‚ there is Prosper in the movie‚ who is Prospero in the play‚ both men are wise old magically

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    someone is born. Our ancestors weak physical abilities compared with animals forced us to develop stronger emotional connections with each other in order to survive. These emotions are really brought out in the book “Hiroshima”‚ by John Hersey and the movie Barefoot Gen‚ by Keiji Nakazawa. Both of these were made to try to show the devastation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima. “Hiroshima” is a book that tries to tell the stories of six survivors. Whereas Barefoot Gen shows the story of one survivor

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