Movie v. Book (Scarlet Letter)

Both the movie and the book versions of the famous American piece of literature, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, held true to the common characteristics of a typical romance. Romance as it may seem, would usually involve love, but that is a common misconception. A true romance is a story that portrays a fantasy that has nature and many weird and exotic aspects. The movie variation of The Scarlet Letter, is very similar to …

…can hear the faintest chirp of a cricket or the “woo” of a perched owl. This give a scene have a little more depth. All in all, the movie and the book have many differences and similarities but the reader can take the book in any direction but with the movie the viewer is forced to see things in the directors view. Both the book and movie were well done and surprisingly I enjoyed it.