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5 pages in length. The comparative nature of love and power between the book and movie versions of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient are similar in some respects yet as far apart as can be on others, primarily due to the individual visionary essence that separates the writer and director.
Truly, such a thematic comparison is a dichotomy of its own inventiveness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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respects yet as far apart as can be on others, primarily due to the individual visionary essence that separates the writer and director. Truly, such a thematic comparison is
a dichotomy of its own inventiveness. Ondaatjes novel and director Anthony Minghellas film present a decidedly more intense look into the sexual orientation of their characters as they relate
to the power of love, particularly that of the heroine, Hana. Dangerous and magical with regard to the depths of her womanhood, she is one who lives at the
mercy of her desires. Not aware - or at least not caring -- about the havoc she wreaks with her flippant ways, Hana appears to spare no ones heart
when she is on a carnal mission. Such power in the hands of one overzealous woman is enough to bring any man to his knees; this is a power
that Hana knows she possesses and utilizes to its fullest. An example of how the cinematic rendition differs from that of the book version is effectively illustrated in the monastery
scene with Hana and Caravaggio. Actor Willem Dafoe comes upon actress Juliette Binoche at the point in which she is in the throes of an emotional upheaval. Her
physical gestures clearly demonstrate her anguish as she drops her head to the table, leaving the audience only to imagine the painful expression on her face. Defoe ultimately makes
his way to her after a long pause, indicative of his quest to investigate her emotional torment. "In effect, you are forcing the audience to stay with her" (The
English Patient: Principal Players). The books treatment of this scene demonstrates somewhat of a different viewpoint of the male character: while strong in
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