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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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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film ‘O’ directed by Tim Blake Nelson is an adaptation of the well crafted play Othello by William Shakespeare. The film has many similarities to the play‚ and the storyline of the movie mirrors the main events that take place in the play as well as highlighting important symbols that are present in the play. Although there are many similarities‚ the play also differs from the movie in many ways. The original title of the play was ‘The Tragedy of Othello‚ The Moor of Venice’‚ which brings attention
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The Crucible The 1996 film version of “The Crucible”‚ portrays the infamous Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts during the 1600’s. Author Arthur Miller portrays many events and characthers true to that of what happened in salem in 1692. However‚ many of the historical events are concentrated around the movies non-fictional relationship that Abigail Williams and John Proctor have. The movie is have many inaccurate elements that are not true to what really happened.The fictional
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When you watch the movie The Makeover‚ featuring famous actress Julia Stiles‚ you may notice that it resembles something that you might have read in your English 1104 class. The movie might remind you of the play‚ Pygmalion‚ written by George Bernard Shaw. It is the story of a phonetics professor who trains an ordinary flower girl to act like a sophisticated young lady. It is based off a Greek legend where a man named Pygmalion wanted to create the perfect statue. He made her so perfect that he fell
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II 16 May 2014 The Crucible vs. The Crucible Twenty innocent citizens of Salem were devastatingly hanged after being falsely accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller masks the plot of McCarthyism with the tragic‚ but factual story of the Salem witch trials. He wrote both the play and the screenplay‚ but managed to differentiate between the two. Miller creates a vast amount of similarities and differences between the play and the film‚ both titled The Crucible. Between the play and the film Miller
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Plot versus story: I honestly thought both were the same‚ but it is said that they are different. Story is what happens in a situation and the plot; however‚ is how it occurs or how the events unfold. “Stories are the narrative accounts of what people do‚ they are as old as the human race‚ and they form the substance of daily conversation‚ of newspapers and television‚ of novels and film” (Wilson‚ 132). I do believe that stories are “as old as human race” because without us there will be no stories
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29 April 2013 Movie vs. Play The play Romeo and Juliet is a very long play written by Shakespeare. The play is written about two star crossed lovers that in the end of the play kill themselves. The play‚ written in the 16th century was bound to be a little different than its recreation as a film 400 years later. There are major differences in the movie and the play such as‚ some people are visual learners and the movie is a good visual‚ in the movie the places where things happen are
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Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare vs. DiCaprio Films are made with the directors different personal opinions based on the original source. In the movie version of Romeo and Juliet (1996‚ Leonardo DiCaprio)‚ the above illustrates this perfectly. For this essay‚ I will discuss some of the contrasts between the original play‚ and the film. I hope you find this essay informative. First‚ I will discuss some of the plot changes that were implemented to adapt to a modern day movie’s visual capabilities.
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the play had to sacrifice her personal life to care for her sick father‚ Robert. In the jest of him being sick‚ we learn that Catherine has written a mathematical proof that intellectually resembles her brilliant mathematician of a father. Unfortunately after the death of her father‚ Catherine grows the courage to show her work to her new boyfriend and also her sister‚ but they end up not believing that Catherine is capable of writing such a complex proof. “Proof” has been turned into a movie as well
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