What's the Difference between The Scarlet Letter the Book and The Scarlet Letter the Movie?
In the Book |
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
In the Book |
In the Movie |
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. |
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. |
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. |