Comparing and Contrasting the Novel and Movie Version of The Scarlet Le

The Novel vs. Film of The Scarlet Letter   Films of this succession are criticized for substituting violence and special effects for substance. umteen believe that creating a movie script is a juvenile contour of writing, a shrub to the oak of a smart. Upon reading both the impudent The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and viewing the film produced by Roland Joffe, hotshot notices the tremendous effort put into both. This essay will explore the virtually differences and similarities between the book and movie.   The film is exonerately adapted from the novel. The word free describing the adaptation is well used- there are major differences in toll of time frame, characters, visual imagery and symbolism, plot, narration, and tone. Nearly an hour of information the ratifier received simply as background was on tape. The film began when Hester arrived in the New World, not at the dreary prison door she passed by on her way to the scaffold in the novel. Many characters were added to the film, several of whom were rudimentary to the plot. Mituba, Hesters mute slave girl, Brewster, the lewd, undisciplined rule-breaker, Goody Gotwick, the mouthpiece of the communitys pious women, and parson Cheever, the powerful church leader who attempted to serve as umpire of the communitys morals did not exist in the novel. Mistress Hibbins relationship to regulator Bellingham was of a citizen to ruler nature. In the book, their relationship prevented her persecution, whereas in the movie, no family ties saved mistress Hibbins from the cruel witch trials characteristic of the 1600s. Her character progressed from minor in the book to a supporting role in the movie. She served as the only character besides Hester who behaved according to... ...and Dimmesdale move to the Carolinas to begin a mod life, while in Hawthornes novel, Pearl lives a full life, her mother works for the community and her father dying on the scaffold. There is no tick answer as to which ending is better, one may be more than fulfilling, another may be more informative, another could touch a child, the other, a parent. One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person could not overlook the commodious care that went into the making of both. Using the novel as a bastardly from which to work, the filmmaker created his own masterpiece, changing and adding elements as he felt necessary. Whether for increase popularity or his own personal satisfaction, the filmmakers version also kept some themes and characters. The film and novel have their similarities and differences, but both effectively advance their meaning to the public.