The Necklace: Video Vs. Text

The movie and short story share many similarities. Some of the similarities include the themes of morality with their legal system precrime, security and access to information, crime and punishment, and fate verse free will. Other similarities in the style of the narrative include the fact that

Is the novel making the same point about the value or ideas as the film? If so, how? If it is making a different point about the value or idea, how is it different?

Some similarities are, one, the characters are the same. Winnie foster,in the movie and the book still kept her same name, her feelings about wanting to leave. In the book on page 13 it says , “Winnie Foster sat on the bristly grass just outside the fence” showing that her name is the same. Another similarity is, Mae Tuck hits the man in the yellow over the head with the rifle. In the movie it shows Mae Tuck hitting the man in the yellow suit

The plots are quite similar in both plays, both the film and the play tell a story about a man who meets 3 people, in the

The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book, but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book.

The biggest similarity between the movie and the short story was in the introduction. The characters stayed the same in each (although more were added in the movie), with the main characters being Zaroff and Rainsford. The time period also seemed to be alike, in the early

Mathilde never seemed satisfied with what she had. She envied the upper class and felt she should have what they have. “She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling” (Maupassant). This desire to belong in the upper class caused her only to focus on what she did not have. When her husband surprises her with the invitation to the ball the only thing she can think about is not having the proper dress for the occasion. “She looked at him with an irritated eye, and she said, impatiently: “’And what do you expect me to put on my back?’” (Maupassant). It seemed

One way the story is different from the movie is that the story is very descriptive of characters and

Foremost, it is very recognizable that the overall flow of the story is same, but most of the plot events are not the same. Though, there were same events happening in both novel and the movie. For example, in both

The biggest similarity between the book, and the movie is the theme. The theme in both the book, and the

very big similarity. In my opinion, the movie was better because you could actually see whats going on,

What the short story and the short film have in common are that Margot still get bullied by her peers because she has faint memories of the sun. They both take place in the same setting and it rains all year except for the one day when the sun shines. In both, margot gets locked into a closet which leads to her not being able to see the sunlight. The film and the story are fairly similar and have many similarities and many differences as well.

The novel and the movie share many similarities.The book and the novel share the same problems. A example johnny and pony run away since johnny killed bob.In both johnny gets injured badly and dies.

The biggest similarities in Luhrmann’s movie are the language used and the plot. The language for Luhrmann's movie is almost identical to the book. The language gave the movie a more traditional feeling. The plot for Luhrmann's movie was very similar to the book. The plot seems like it was taken right out of the book and used for the movie. Although the similarities are great, the differences are much bigger.

When it comes to desires, Mathilde felt that she deserved to have all of the nice possessions that people richer than her were able to afford. She would wish to desire this class of wealth so much that it made her feel greedy and envy the people who had it instead of her. "She suffered because of the poorness of her house as she looked at the dirty walls, the worn-out chairs and the ugly curtains. All these things that another woman of her class would not even have noticed, tormented her and made her resentful." (Maupassant) This clearly shows how Mathilde is not satisified with the way of life that she is living because she looks at all of the flaws in her house with everything that she views as dirty and ugly when compared to her imagination of