The Other Boleyn Girl

When novels are adapted for the cinema, directors and writers frequently make changes in the plot, setting, characterization and themes of the novel. Sometimes the changes are made in adaptations due to the distinctive interpretations of the novel, which involve personal views of the book and choices of elements to retain, reproduce, change or leave out. On the contrary, a film is not just an illustrated version of the novel; it is a totally different medium. When adapting the novel, the director has to leave out a number of things for the simple reason of time difference. Furthermore, other structures and techniques must be added to the film to enhance the beauty and impressions of it. Like a

As with every book and movie adaptation, there are differences. One of the most significant changes that affected the overall story was the loss of the first-person point of view aspects of the book. While reading the

with the stylistic and aesthetics of the dialogue in the movie. Most of the dialogue

One of the hardest things for a director to do is to turn a book into a movie. There is a fine line between keeping the movie just like the book, and by barely crossing that line you can end up making a completely different vision than the book has set out for you. There are also many viewers out there that will completely hate the movie if it is nothing like the book that they read originally. The director has to realize that although there are many different types of audiences to please, that it still has to be a great movie that people cannot stop talking about.

The British Isles, was a tense and troubled time in the late 1500 's/early 1600 's where the book is set. Anxiety arose between the Catholics and the Protestants, which would eventually lead to the English Civil War. Family feuds, politics, poverty, religion and views of witchcraft inflamed this

They may think that Horowitz would not enjoy the movie. Some people might point to the fact that many important details from his book were changed, as a negative. The movie didn’t have the quad part where Alex fought two killers on quads that tried to run him down. Alex would have died if it weren’t for luck and an electrical fence. Horowitz wouldn’t like this because it was an important part of the book that was taken out for the movie. But they are wrong because there were so many details that were the same, and also if they would have added a lot of other parts from the book such as the quad scene, the movie would have never

One major insult to the book from the movie comes with the fact that the motion picture ultimately changes the title of the entire work and thus changes the

When filmmakers of the 21st century write movie about a book almost every time they are different than the original book. Sometimes they change the book to make it more interesting, modern, or to save money and time. For example they sexualized grendels mothers to make it more interesting and modern. Filmmakers changed the original story when they wrote Beowulf the movie to modernize it, make it interesting to catch the watchers, and to save time and money.

For this presentation I will be analyzing Emma by Jane Austen, which was written in the 1700’s, and Clueless, which came out in 1995, and how the representation of women changed in the novel and its film adaption. Because the novel and its adaptions were made in such drastically different times, the views on women and their roles are very different.

Northanger Abbey is a typical romance novel that has the ending that all readers anticipate – the girl falls in love with the boy and they live happily ever after. However, Catherine grows as an individual and surpasses the stereotypical characteristics of a female during the time period. The novel brings to light the gender roles that were instilled during the 18th century by using male characters that strongly enforce what is believe during that time period.

The director stayed true to the book as much as possible because people that have read the book would be disappointed and gives it bad reputation and its an well known story.

The pacing of the film, first the movie felt totally rushed and was simplified so much that in result caused major plot changes. The movie was simplified in things like: the colors of the armies in battle school instead of three colors is just one also, the location of battle school to just outside of

II. Credibility Statement: A growing interest in the development of the Tudor family led me to research some information on my own, and when I came across Anne Boleyn’s story I knew that I had to share what I had uncovered.

It is a rare occurrence when an author can make a book stating real historical events and facts both readable and captivating. Although when it does occur, it gives the book a vibe that is usually evident in novels and fictions. In England’s Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton the author, Kate Williams, is able to fully achieve this. The purpose of this book is to make evident to the reader just how famous Emma Hamilton was around the world and how she was able to rise to such a great magnitude of fame. Williams exemplifies the fact that Emma Hamilton was able to become the most famous female of her time through

Comparison between the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and the homologous film from 1996