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    A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the better horror movies. There are quite a few Freddy Krueger movies out there‚ and this movie all started in 1984‚ with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2010‚ there came a remake of the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street movie. In these two movies there are comparisons and differences between these two‚ which include Freddy Krueger himself‚ music and sound effects‚ nightmares‚ and the graphics. Freddy Krueger is pretty much the same

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    2/9/08 - Paul K. The Maltese Falcon Comparison Samuel Spade of The Maltese Falcon novel by Dashiell Hammett is quite 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

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    monster will not stop at anything he was only out to hurt or destroy others as appose to the book where he tried to make friends and find someone to cherish and love. The book and movie both show different characteristics which the monster possesses and how they directly or indirectly relate to one another. In the movie‚ "Frankenstein" has a green complexion and bolts coming out the sides of his neck. The bolts symbolize the way the monster was brought to life‚ through electricity. Also he usually

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    Romeo and Juliet movie and text comparison Shakespeare’s famous tragic play Romeo and Juliet is set in an ancient city of Verona‚ Italy. Three hundreds fifty years later‚ Baz Luhrman directed the modern version of Romeo +Juliet‚which is set in Verona Beach California backdrop. Besides that‚ the course of events in Shakespeare’s play has a little different than movie. “Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚( in fair Verona‚ where we lay out scene)” (Act I‚ the prologue)‚ these few lines indicate

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    Lord of the flies Movie and Book comparisons "Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” Linking the movie and novel of William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” there are many apparent differences. Despite the common plot‚ Hook failed to give the viewers the right idea of what Golding was trying to convey. Likewise‚ it is not only a change with the actual story line but also with some of the ways the characters acted. The 3 major differences

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    The context in which a text is placed changes its purpose and allows it to be interpreted in a variety of ways. The function‚ perspective and audience of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly differs greatly to the film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Kenneth Branagh in many ways. Importantly‚ Kenneth Branagh’s film was made for a more contemporary audience‚ reflecting modern concerns where as Frankenstein the novel was written in the context of the 18th century and dealt with the questions at that

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    A Separate Peace Movie and Novel Comparison The first noted difference between the movie and book is that and the novel‚ before the flashback while Gene is revisiting Devon he remarks that he wants to visit two places‚ the tree and the marble stairs. This is a fairly important scene and gets the reader interested through foreshadowing early on in the story but was left out of the film. The book was told in first-person from Gene’s point of view in the novel while the movie was told by a third-person

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    three pairs of slaves in the Forum Boarium (a cattle market). But gradually the gladiatorial spectacle became separated from the funeral context‚ and was staged by the wealthy as a way to show their power and influence the local community. Most gladiators were slaves‚ prisoners of war or criminals‚ but about half of the men were volunteers

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    Commodus changes for the worse. He is innately devious and this is not resolved throughout Gladiator. He identifies his main adversary as Maximus‚ his father’s favourite‚ but in reality it is his own lack of moral fibre that is his greatest enemy. Maximus’s fallicious death triggers a surge towards a more confident‚ vehement Commodus‚ but when Maximus resurfaces there is a resumption of his initial personality. As any emergence any improvement retracts. Maximus’s strengths are Commodus’s weakenesses

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    Gladiator is a historical dramatic film set in Ancient Rome. It depicts the storyline of a general betrayed by the emperor’s son‚ of which he then ascends the gladiatorial battlefield to challenge him once again. The movie was made in the year 2000‚ and was shot in three separate locations spanning from England‚ Malta and Morocco. The characters in the play were depicted by actors such as Russell Crowe as Maximus the betrayed general‚ Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus the emperor’s son and Connie Nielsen

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