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5 pages. Normally when a book is made into a screenplay there are some liberties taken with the original story. This can be for any of a variety of reasons, and can only be done with the original author's permission of course. This paper compares the 1995 movie The Scarlet Letter, starring Demi Moore as Hester Prynne, to the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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can be for any of a variety of reasons, and can only be done with the original authors permission of course. This paper compares the 1995 movie The Scarlet
Letter, starring Demi Moore as Hester Prynne, to the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne. THE MOVIE: FREELY ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK When we consider that movies nowadays cost millions of
dollars to produce it can only be expected that they must make millions of dollars at the box office in order to be profitable or in fact just to break
even. It is no wonder, then, that the 1995 film version of The Scarlet Letter starred major Hollywood actors and was quite more risqu? than the book had ever
been. Historically, carrying on an adulterous affair back in such an era of Puritanism and traditional values was not taken lightly; in fact, by todays standards, such horrific treatment for
what is now considered an everyday occurrence was more harsh than murderers suffer by current standards. Those who acted out of the vows
of matrimony centuries ago, as Hester Prynne did in The Scarlet Letter paid a high price for their momentary pleasures of the flesh. In those days, the Puritans saw
to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less.
While Nathaniel Hawthorne did not go into detail about the actual sin itself, the filmmakers took great pleasure no doubt in creating a beautiful and sexy Hester and showing the
hot, flaming love affair on the big screen. After all, it is sex that sells at the box office, and the entire theme of The Scarlet Letter is based
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