Analytical Essay: The Prince Of Egypt

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'The Prince of Egypt' Analytical Essay DRAFT

Although there are a few major inaccuracies in the movie ‘The Prince of Egypt’ it still does a good, relatively accurate job of showing the story of Moses and the Israelites for kids and people who don’t know the story. ‘The Prince of Egypt’ is a movie released in 1998 by Dreamworks animation and shows the story of Moses as he tries to get pharaoh to let God’s people go. The first paragraph will talk about the plot which is pretty evenly balanced between the similarities and differences from the Bible. The second paragraph is about the setting which is mostly accurate. The final paragraph about the characters which is the most accurate part of the movie.

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Characters can be defined as a part or role, as in a play or film. The first character similarity is that Moses is shown as a humble man who obeys God. This is accurate to the bible even though he made excuses to God about why he shouldn’t go. Another character similarity is that Pharaoh is shown as an arrogant man who promised to let the israelites go then went back on his word when Moses stopped the plague. He is also constantly ignoring God because his magicians could do the same as the first two plagues using dark magic.when moses turned the dust to gnats the magicians realised that God was at work However there are some major character differences from the Bible. The first inaccuracy is that in the Bible Moses’ brother, Aaron, came with him to confront pharaoh. When God was speaking to him from the burning bush Moses said “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would pharaoh listen to me?” So God sent Aaron to speak for Moses. In the movie Moses went to pharaoh and spoke to him himself and Aaron has a very small part in the movie. A second difference is that Moses is portrayed as pharaos

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