The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Book And Movie Comparison Essay

After reading “The legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “Rappaccini's Daughter”, and “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and comparing them to their movies, the reader will find that the authors and producers had much to compare. There are several different literary components to compare and contrast between the texts and the movies. Three literary components that were most obvious to compare and contrast were plot, character, and setting. These three components had many similarities and differences between the text and the movie for each story. One literary component that was comparable between the texts and the movies was plot. In most of the stories that were analyzed, the plots were not the same in both the movie and the text. For example, in “The

For example, in “The legend of Sleepy Hollow”, Ichabod Crane believes in supernatural occurrences in the text (Irving 17), but in the movie he does not believe in supernatural occurrences, but instead believes strictly in science (S.H. dir. The legend of Sleepy Hollow). Most likely, the reason the producer made this change is because most of the time when supernatural occurrences happen in a movie it seems so unrealistic that the audience loses interest. One similarity between The Legend of Sleepy Hollow text and movie is that the characters that were used were the same in both. However, in the text, Ichabod Crane is a strict school teacher. In contrast, the movie characterizes Ichabod Crane as a constable who goes to Sleepy Hollow to investigate murders. The characters are also changed between the text and the movie in “Rappaccini’s Daughter”. Throughout the entire text Giovanni’s feelings toward Beatrice's were expressed many times (Hawthorne 62-92). However, in the movie Giovanni’s feelings toward Beatrice were shown very few times (D.M. dir. Rappaccini’s Daughter). The reason the author most likely expressed Giovanni’s feelings more in the text was to keep the reader's attention and to allow the reader to put himself into the characters shoes. Another difference between the text and the movie is that at the end of the text, the author revealed that Bagaloni really just wanted to be a better scientist than Rappaccini, yet in the movie Bagaloni wants to help Beatrice escape and fall in love because of the garden. In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, the characters were also changed between the text and the movie. In the text, Granny is a very passive person and is alot less controlling and demanding over people (Porter 698-703). In contrast, she was very controlling and bossy in the movie (R.H. dir. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall). The reason the producer made her