The first major alteration in The Prince of Egypt, is the role of the Egyptian princess and Moses’ revelation about the circumstances surrounding his birth. In the bible the Egyptian princess finds Moses in a wicker basket while bathing in Nile. Saran writes that “this suggests that the mother deliberately selected the spot after observing the character and habits of this particular princess.” Moses’ sister Miriam, stood watch as the wicker basket journey down the river until it rest near the bathing princess. Then once the princess opened the basket and “took pity on” Moses, Miriam jumped into action. She strategically asked “shall I go and get you a Hebrew nurse to suckle the child for you?” By Miriam keeping watch over her younger brother and intervening at the right time it allowed Moses’ birth mother to care for Moses.
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In DreamWorks’ Midrash the Egyptian princess was the Queen of Egypt. There was a brief mentioning of Moses being found in the Nile River, but the film’s storyline did not add in Moses’ mother as his wet
In DreamWorks’ Midrash the Egyptian princess was the Queen of Egypt. There was a brief mentioning of Moses being found in the Nile River, but the film’s storyline did not add in Moses’ mother as his wet