Ben-Hur Vs. Ben-Hur: A Tale Of Christ

Nakiayah Williams Mrs. Baldatti English
March 29, 2016

There are a lot of differences between Ben-Hur the movie and Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ. The movie has more details than the book. Because there are so many details, the differences between the movie and the book are mostly from small details. Even though most of the differences are small details, there are still many big differences like change in characters, characters names changing, and the time that things happened. At the beginning of the movie, Judah and Messala are not nineteen and seventeen, but in the book they are. This is an example of how there are small details that are different in the movie. In the book, Amrah was a faithful slave who helped the family before and after they were separated. In the movie, Esther is the faithful slave who loves Judah and helps his family before and after they were separated. This is an example of

The book starts with Messala and Judah meeting when Messala returned. This is an example of a big difference that makes the story's plot more understandable in the movie. In the movie Mullach does not have a tongue. He is also said to be Simonides' legs. In the book Simonides only tells Mullach go follow Ben-Hur and befriend him. Mullach has a tongue and is not just known as Simonides' legs in the book. This is also a big difference because, in the book Mullach is the one that takes Judah to the circus.

Some of the small differences in the movie do not change the movie. How they call Ben-Hur number 41 on the galley ship in the movie and number 60 in the book is an example of a small difference. Another small difference is how Judah's house was not waxed when he got back in the movie. Either way, he still entered the house and finds Amrah/Esther there. One more small difference is that in the book, Judah knocks the tile down. In the movie Tirzah knocks the tile down. The tile still hits Gratus and Messala tells who the family