The story The Nutcracker has many different versions of the story. There are books‚ movies‚ and ballets. The original book was made in 1816 by ETA Hoffmann‚ and was called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. There are many different rewrites of the book. The book is during Christmas‚ and Clara got a nutcracker‚ and it was magical Christmas. In brief‚ there are many different adaptations of the story The Nutcracker. Despite the various version of the story the plot stay the same. The plot has the
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all of them have major differences from the book version. While there are many similarities in the movie and the book Of Mice and Men‚ there are many differences also. Some differences are presented through the characters‚ scenes‚ and the way the actors play their roles. The book portrayed the opening scene as a setting on the Salinas River‚ with one side having foothills leading up to the Gabilan mountains. The other side was the valley that was covered with trees. The movie shows the incident in
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director who controls how to present it on screen. The movie may be closely similar or far different to the presentation of the book‚ the effectiveness of each may differ. After exploring the novel “Class Action”‚ by Clara Bingham‚ and the screenplay which was inspired by it “North Country”‚ the novel seems to be more effective as it helps the audience understand the storyline. It has thorough descriptions of the development of relationships between characters‚ the effectiveness of the setting‚ and important
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Dear John; Book vs. Movie Author Nicholas Sparks added to his list of best sellers with the novel Dear John. Dear John is a love story‚ love stories make big money in movie form‚ so the novels are popular to make into a movie. Books and movies are two forms of entertainment that are closely related and we overlook the differences among them. There are many similarities between the two‚ but there are also major differences. If one has never read a novel and then watched the movie version of
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referenced in many movies‚ books‚ and paintings throughout time. Often though‚ much of these references change parts of the classic story to show a different meaning or attract a different audience. The common part of these different artistic interpretations is that the role of characterization exists. Understanding these characters is done through details and any other tools the interpreter has to use. Often‚ these details can be noticed and show similarities or differences between the interpretation
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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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moving picture can be completely perceived differently‚ depending on who the audience is. Specifically‚ when one tries to recreate a book into a movie‚ it is really hard to stick to all of the details because most movies have a time limit. If a director were to make a movie the exact way a book was written‚ then the movie would be four to five hours long. Not a lot of people would complain about it‚ but there is a cost limit to the movie as well. So‚ concerning The Virgin Suicides book and movie‚ you
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Essay for The Great Gatsby The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book‚ but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book. The movie did an excellent job portraying the 1920’s and the parties that happened at Gatsby’s house. “There was music from my neighbor’s house
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different from Samuel Spade of “The Maltese Falcon” motion picture. The book was written a good decade before that version of the movie was produced and in a much more casual time period. The novel focuses on making Sam out to be a more complex character than the movie does. He is not just “the good guy” as he is portrayed more so in the movie. The time period may have had a lot to do with the differences between the 1941 movie and the book‚ published in 1929. The first thing to consider is that the
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perfect example of the religious differences and views of the people of this particular century. (Gunnarsson‚ S.) (Heaney‚ Seamus) In Beowulf and Grendel there was a more pronounced difference in religious views than in the Epic of Beowulf done to try to be more relatable to today’s society. The movie Beowulf and Grendel reflects more of a religious conflict between Christianity and Norse mythology than in the epic of Beowulf‚ this reflects the modernization put into the movie by today’s view of religion
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