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    The Iliad verses Troy I n the movie it’s stated that Agamemnon brought the kings together for this war‚ which really isn’t true. Helen had many powerful suitors and her father was too afraid to pick one of them for her husband in fear of offending the others. Odysseus convinced him to make a contract with the other suitors that made them promise that should anything happen to Helen‚ the other kings would assist in getting her back. When Paris kidnapped Helen from Menelaus‚ they were bound to

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    The differences between the movieTroy” and the poem “Iliad” and the explanation of why they occurred? The film Troy which is directed by Wolfgang Peterson has been deeply influenced by the epic poem‚ the Iliad. This work is generally credited to the Ancient Greek poet named Homer. Both the film and the poem have the same ending plots‚ such as the blockade of Troy by the Greeks‚ the disagreement between the warrior Achilles and the king Agamemnon and these actions started when the prince of Troy

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    The movie itself is very much different from the book. The story was also changed with some of the plot. The movie and the book are both still following the same story line. Along with the same ending. This is what I have noticed between the movie and the book. Number one is that the old man was cruel to the young man. Unlike in the book where it says and I quote “The old man had never wronged me”. That was huge difference. This change also gave him a different reason to kill the old man. That was

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    Procne and Philomela Procne‚ the elder of the two‚ was married to Tereus of Thrace‚ a son Ares ‚ Who proved to have inherited all his Father’s detestable qualities. The two had a son‚ Itys‚ and when he was five years old Procne‚ who had all this while been living in Thrace separated from her family‚ begged Tereus to let her invite her sister Philomela to visit her. He agreed‚ and said he would go to Athens himself and escort her. But as soon as he set eyes on the girl he fell inlove with her

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    Major Differences between the Homer’s Iliad and the film Troy. It is very apparent that the film Troy‚ directed by Wolfgang Peterson‚ has been heavily influenced by the epic poem‚ the Iliad‚ a work commonly credited to the Ancient Greek poet Homer. Both the film and the poem have the same overall plots‚ such as the siege of Troy by the Greeks‚ the feud between the warrior Achilles and the king Agamemnon‚ and these events being triggered due to the Trojan prince Paris “stealing” Helen of Sparta

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    always read the book before you watch the movie. In The Giver Jonas experiences many new places‚ and memories. In the movie and book Jonas experiences many similar activities‚ however there are also many differences. There are many similarities and differences of the setting between the book and the movie‚ The Giver. It takes place in a futuristic city in both the book and movie. In both the Giver still talks about climate change‚ and why the community doesn’t have memories.One difference is that in

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    adventure both in the movie and book. Although differences may apply they are both fascinating. Imagine a community where your feelings are tucked away from a pill? Both in the movie and the book Jonas was skipped during the ceremony of the twelve. Jonas was frightened and embarrassed and thought he wasn’t good enough to get selected to do anything. This is a pretty big key in the book because this is the time Jonas becomes the receiver of memory. Towards the end of the movie‚ there was a pretty significant

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    The Giver There are many similarities between the book Giver and the movie Giver. The movie and the book had the Giver stay back to help everyone in the community like he trained Jonas to be the next receiver. The book and the movie both have Gabe staying at the Jonas house in the beginning of the movie and the book. In the book Giver and the movie Giver Jonas had the same rules to follow in his job of being the Giver. In both the book Giver and the movie Giver everyone chanted the person’s name

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    father killed one of the twins. A few differences I saw between the book and the movie were the ages of Jonas‚ Fiona‚ Lily‚ And Asher in the book Jonas‚ Fiona‚ and Asher are 12 but in the movie they are 18‚ in the book Lily is 8 but in the movie she is 9. Another difference I saw between the book and the movie was with the Chief Elder in the book‚ you don’t really hear much from the Chief Elder but the when you watch the movie 30 or 40% of the time you get recognition of the Chief

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    There is quite a few differences between the book and movie The Outsiders. The book is written by S.E. Hinton. We have been reading the outsiders and we were wondering which was better the movie or the book. The book and movie are both easy to relate to because Ponyboy is our age and most of the characters are young. I think the three characters are Sodapop‚Ponyboy‚and Two bit. In the book I pictured them as these tough looking kids but when I saw the movie they actually don’t look as tough as

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