Was "Troy" the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy‚ released in 2004‚ accurately depict the story of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint‚ but it fell short in it’s comparison to Homer’s epics. As a fan of "epic" movies‚ I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic‚ there are various discrepancies between
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Breaking Dawn: Between the book and movies There are many differences between breaking dawn the book and breaking dawn (parts 1 and 2) the movie. Some are blatantly obvious while others you have to know where to look to even be able to spot them. I’ll start with the book and part one of the movie. Edward and Bella had talked about her staying human for a full year before she turned so she could attend Dartmouth‚ But in the movie there was no talk at all about collage. In the movie Edward shares
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There are many similarities and differences between the text and the film. In both the play and film they both seem to have the same plot. The characters also stayed the same in both. The explanation of the characters are some of the differences between the two. One of the big things was that In the film the director took off many things from the text. In both the film and play the expression of Iago’s hate and revenge toward othello stays the same. He truly hates othello in both. In one of the things
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Annika Bobbitt Stephanie Meyer wrote the amazing book‚ Twilight‚ which was the first that became a four saga series. Since the book was very popular with its readers it was made into a movie. Books that become movies have similarities and differences between the original story‚ as told in the novel and the screen story‚ as seen in the film. In Twilight there are some important differences and similarities that allow the reader to enjoy both stories. A key similarity is the
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young brother Paris negotiate peace between Troy and Sparta. Paris has fallen in love with Helen‚ the wife of king Menelaus‚ and smuggles her to Troy with him. Infuriated‚ Menelaus vows revenge. Menelaus approaches his brother Agamemnon‚ a king of Mycenae who has conquered every army of Greece‚ and now commands them. Agamemnon‚ who has wanted to conquer Troy for years (which would give him control of the Aegean Sea)‚ uses this as a justification to invade Troy. General Nestor asks him to take the
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There were many differences between the book and movie. One of the differences in the movie is there is a tornado tracker guy gets information on the tornado‚ but in the book there isn’t a tornado tracker guy. In the movie‚ Stacey doesn’t help get Dan ad Arthur out of the basement out of the basement‚ but in the book‚ she does. In the movie‚ the Mom doesn’t give instructions to Dan and Arthur‚ but in the book she does. In the movie‚ when Mom leaves the house‚ she’s checking if Grandmas okay‚
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In book II of the Aeneid‚ Virgil depicts the fall of Troy as Aeneas tells his tale. Aeneas begins his story as the Greeks have constructed a giant horse. This was clearly an indication for the end of the war as there were no sign of the Greeks. However‚ this was a malicious trick by the Greeks as soldiers were in the hollow belly of the horse. At night‚ when the Trojans had fallen asleep‚ the Greek soldiers hidden in the horse came out‚ opened the gates‚ and gave the signal to the main army. Consequently
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cannot see any good portion of character development. The larger story is literally involved with the rise and fall of people around her. She even displayed very little emotions and was sort of unaffected by the war outcome. Still I like her Helen of Troy‚ or Helen or Sparta‚ one of the most controversial female characters in literature‚ has been the literary and mythic symbol of beauty and illicit love. She was the most beautiful woman in Greece best known for being the cause of the Trojan War. A wholewar
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In the “Diary of Anne Frank” and in the movie‚ the setting is portrayed very differently. There are many advantages and drawback that can make the movie and script interesting to analyze. In the movie you can experience different techniques than in the book. By watching the movie‚ and reading the script‚ you are able to see and compare the differences and the similarities between the two. In the story‚ the playwrights use many techniques that help revel the setting in the script. One example of
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Twilight book and the movie. “I never really given any thought about how i’m gonna die.” Bella said in the book and the movie twilight. What did you like better? Did you like the movie or did you like the book? There are many differences and similarities in the book and the movie. In my opinion‚ I think that the movie is better. I believe this because It helps you visualize and allows you to notice the difference and similarities even if they are good or bad. What did the directors and producers
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