What's the Difference between The Scarlet Letter the Book and The Scarlet Letter the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Hester Prynne
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Hester Prynne
Portrayed by: Demi Moore
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The Scarlet Letter Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Chillingworth dies a year after Dimmesdale of natural causes. |
Chillingworth hangs himself in shame after realizing that his acts have been blamed on the Indians. |
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Hester and Pearl leave Boston. Hester returns many years later to live her life in her old cottage. |
Pearl, Hester and Dimmesdale leave together.
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Hester continues to wear the Scarlet A for the rest of her life. |
Pearl plays with the A and eventually drops it on the ground and Hester doesn't put it back on. |
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The book begins with Hester on the scaffolding. |
It begins with Hester arriving in the new world. It shows her meeting and falling in love with Dimmesdale.
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The story is told in the third person. |
The story is told through the eyes of Pearl. |
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Chillingworth is going to follow Hester and Dimmesdale on the ship to Europe. |
He wants to get revenge in on Dimmesdale in town.
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This doesn't happen. |
Hester befriends Mistress Hibbins. |
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This doesn't happen. |
Mistress Hibbins is accused of witchcraft and there is a trial.
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Dimmesdale reveals that he is the father of Pearl in front of all the townspeople and then falls ill and dies in Hester's arms. |
After admitting he is Pearl's father he offers his life in place of Hester's. He is about to be killed when the Indians attack and save him as well as Hester and Pearl. |