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Comparison Of The Devil And Miss Prym

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The book The Devil And Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho and the movie Hero starring Jet Li even though in different languages, share a plethora of similarities. The Devil And Miss Prym tells the story of a young woman from the village of Visco, Chantal Prym. Her life was very simple and seemed so innocent, until the devil walked into Visco and offered her something she so strongly felt she deserved-- a way out of Visco. Of course there was a small price to pay, somebody had to die. After this day Chantal lived with a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, constantly fighting to win her over. In the end God's light shined brighter and Chantal was able to make the right decisions. The movie, saving herself and her village. Hero by Jet Li was about an orphaned, nameless, assassin who blamed the King for the death of his family, and wanted revenge. He was able to get within 10 paces of the restless King making him believe he killed the 3 assassins that had been after him. The king soon realized that Nameless’s story did not add up and he had to be an assassin. Even so, he chose a different fate, because of what broken sword had taught to him. This was his highest ideal, and with that knowledge the desire to kill no longer existed, only peace, not revenge. When not blinded by hate he was able to see the King's mission to unite all of China, and Spared, his life only after passing on these wise words. Both stories main characters dealt a with a Person Versus Self battle, both Stories had common archetypes with some playing the innocent and others the Sage, and both stories share a philosophy and that is utilitarianism.

In both of these stories the biggest battle of all was fought within the mind of the main character. Chantal faced this throughout much of the story as she questioned should she steal the gold? Should she tell the villagers of the message the devil shared with her? Should she help Berta? It was a tough battle between her morals, her ego and what she felt she deserved after living her whole life in Visco, even though she was different than everyone else there. In the end she ended up realizing she wasn’t so different from them after all. She was able to fight the temptation, even though she

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