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This 6 page paper discusses Charlotte Bronte's novel, Wuthering Heights in relation to the translation to the silver screen. What was lost in terms of characterization and why, are explored, and examples from text given. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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to paper and created Wuthering Heights. Her writings are not only inspirational to future generations of aspiring writers, but to women as they have progressed through the ages. It
can be stated that in Bronte, women found a champion that they could secretly admire and openly read. However, these feminist themes were buried when the book was translated to
film, decades later. The fact that the film is not as good as the book should be no surprise. Rarely does any book transfer well onto the silver screen.
This is quite frankly because a book has the luxury of time and most films are limited to little more than two hours, two and a half hours at the
most. What is generally cut from the manuscript, then, are subtle themes, nuances of character, and plot devices which the author has used to create a very rich storyline
in which the reader can immerse himself. This is not so with film. Though a viewer may become engrossed with the action and dialogue happening on the screen, all too
often they are only given enough so that the basic plotline is visible and the deeper issues of theme are left for only the most scrutinizing to find: like Hollywood
critics. The other reason that books seldom translate well to film is that in a screenplay all the senses are limited to the visual and the auditory. The sensation of
taste, touch and smell cannot be depicted as they can in a book, though the character can react using these senses onscreen, the richness of the sensation can be fully
explored in a book. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur created a screenplay based on Brontes book and completely changed the tone and feminist message which she sought to portray.
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