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Woman In Black Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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The woman in black is a horror and mystery novel written by Susan Hill. It has lots of details and description of the place where things took place. All the details and description of the setting brings the dark and mysterious atmosphere because it makes me feel like I am actually in that mysterious town, Crythin Gifford and the house Eel Marsh. And also the woman who dressed in black appeared and disappeared several times. The woman in Black is basically the story of protagonist’s curiosity of her identity. Later on, the woman in black made into the film. Both the novel and film are mysterious and scary but the novel and the film are totally different, from beginning to the end. Attitudes of the people and the owner toward Arthur is totally opposite. At the beginning, the lawyer, Arthur Kipps was asked to go to Crythin Gifford for attend the funeral of the client, Alice Drablow by Mr. Bentley. He went to Crythin Gifford by the …show more content…

There are 3 major differences between the book and the film. First, peoples attitudes toward Arthur is totally different. In the book people were generally nice but film was totally opposite to it. Nobody welcomed Arthur, they didn’t want him to be there. Second, Mrs. Daily’s character. She was described as very quiet in the book but in the film, she was not a quiet woman. She talked to Arthur friendly but she’s mentally suffering because of her child’s death. And finally, Arthur’s marriage. Arthur got married twice in the book but he married only once in the movie. Esme, the second wife from the book is not even exist in the film. And Stella, the first wife died at the end in the book but stella died at the very beginning. The author of the woman in black and the movie director of the woman in black has different perspectives or different point of views and that’s why the movie and the book are so much

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