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    innocent lambs in this story are the police. They were tricked by Mary about the murder and were forced to eat the only evidence. I believe the police were slaughtered the most viciously. Mary Malone was what I thought the usual‚ caring vulnerable house wife who looks after her husband. But as the story progresses‚ Mary becomes a sick minded killer. She’s a smart‚ quiet woman who knows her way around a murder. She is no longer a helpless lamb‚ she is now the slaughter. IS WINNING EVERYTHING?

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    recreating books into movie. More often than not‚ the directors will change the original plot line of the book. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the director changes the plot in a few different instances but for the most part‚ the director keeps the same plotline. Some similarities between the book and the movie are: the genre and setting‚ loss of personal power‚ and the gothic features. Francis Ford Coppola‚ director of Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ changed a few minor parts of the plot from the book. Even though

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    Burton’s films include mythic themes of exile‚ death and ideas on childhood. His films have been nominated for several Academy Awards; he has won a few of them‚ mostly for his beautiful set design and makeup. Before Burton has started directing any of his films‚ he always sketches out his set design and make up ideas. Burton’s peculiar style is what sets him apart from other directors‚ but unlike some he wouldn’t like be known as a director with a certain type. In Burton’s career he has made around

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    Primary Differences:  1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner‚ while the novel is all about the various shades of gray which exist in the relationships between the characters. For the book‚ the first person narrative related by Celie through a series of letters cuts straight to the

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    in the book in many aspects. First of all‚ unlike the journeys in the book‚ this journey occurred very recently. The surrounding and environment in the journey are almost the same as ours today. Another difference is that people in this journey were quite desperate to go on the journey. They were willing to do anything to escape from North Korea. As a result‚ many of them were separated from each other and ended up in different places all over. On the other hand‚ the journeys in the book moved in

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    internal‚ arise and misunderstandings ensue. In the two novels The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig‚ however‚ the characters Alba and Molina‚ respectively‚ create paradoxes through their subversive actions. These paradoxes create conflicts in self-interest‚ which‚ in turn‚ reveal the impossibility of actually knowing or understanding one ’s true motives. In Allende ’s The House of the Spirits‚ the character Alba displays subversive tendencies around her

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    different meanings as well. The title of “A Doll’s House” represents a theme throughout the play and is important in the last scene of the play. The title “Media” is like most romantics where the main character is the title of the play. The play “Media” was radical just like “A Doll’s House”. Both plays said things that the audience would be offended by. In media it was that she was a foreigner who manipulated their king and killed him. In “A Doll’s House” it shows the life of an average middle class

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    the myth Hercules there are many differences. In the book‚ Apollo and Hercules have a quarrel about Hercules taking the oracle for himself and Apollo would not let that happen‚ however; this was not mentioned in the book. Within the book‚ Hercules got so angry at the sun for being too hot‚ that he shot the sun with an arrow‚ yet; it was failed to be reffered to in the movie. In the movie‚ Hercules was born atop Mt. Olympus‚ although; in the book‚ it mentions how he was born in Thebes. During the movie

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    The film The Spirit of the Beehive touches on a few different aspects of life and the world. Not only does it question reality itself but also fantasy. Ana becomes lost in the two worlds of real and unreal during this movie. In the beginning of the film‚ the movie Frankenstein is played for the village to see and this spikes Ana’s curiosity. Ana questions her older sister about the movie and the Frankenstein monster and her sister tells her the monster isn’t dead in fact it’s a spirit. Ana

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    plots involving political and moral issues made him famous for plays like Death as a Salesman. But can such greatness achieved through plays also be achieved through film? It is a rarity when a movie based on a book or play follows closely to the plot intended‚ and it’s even more of a rarity when the tone‚ mood‚ and characters of that book or play are channeled precisely as the author intended. The movie version of Death as a Salesman closely correlates with the play‚ but along with every other play-turned-movie

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