A Christmas Carol: Comparing Play And Movie

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Usually plays and movies have a lot in common. The script and movie that I’m talking about is, A Christmas Carol. Although they both have a lot in common they also have many things that are different from each other. For example, most of the wording is the same, but the script says less or has a smaller sentence. When Scrooge awoke from his dream with the Spirit of Christmas, he said something else, something longer in the movie and shorter in the script or play.

In of both of them, Scrooge felt mournful or sorry in the movie, when he was at the grave in the play. The movie didn’t have carolers surrounding Scrooge and Cratchit at the end, like in the script. Sadly, in both of them Scrooge is mean to his worker or clerk, Bob Cratchit.

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