Dang.Liaisons vs. Cruel Inten.
Date Submitted: 03/11/2004 22:57:28
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 5 pages (1315 words)
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 5 pages (1315 words)
It is my intention to compare the book, Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos, to its modern movie version, Cruel Intentions starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. I intend to examine how the original French text was modified in reference to plot, character, morals/values, and themes. I also plan to discuss how these transformations change the meaning of the story and reflect different cultural/historical contexts. There are some major differences between these two works, if …
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…pieces of work were written in their cultural and historical context. I attempted to compare the two in reference to plot, character, morals/values, and themes and explain them in their cultural and historical context. Dangerous Liaisons was considered to be a condemned piece of literature and Cruel Intentions emphasized this immorality as a modernized version of the story.
Works Cited
Cruel Intentions. Kumble, Roger. Columbia Pictures, 1998.
Laclos, Choderlos de. Dangerous Liaisons. London: Penguin Classics, 1961.
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