Morale Movie Vs Play

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I liked the play because it gave a good description on the murder of Amyas Crale. The play described how Caroline Crale had murdered her husband by the coniine that was put in his beer. The coniine is extracted from the hemlock plant. The hemlock is the same plant that killed Socrates. When Amyas Crale drank the poison, he started to have cramps and pains as he slowly died. Crale complained that the beer tasted foul. As he painted Elsa Geer, his hands started to ache as the poison was going thru his body. Everyone went to lunch, but he stayed to paint. Crale sat down and died while taking a break from painting.
There was many changes to the movie. In the movie, Caroline Crale was executed and hung by the rope. The play told the readers that Crale died in prison. Another change to the play was when Elsa Greer was found to be the one to kill Amyas, because Amyas was going to send her home. The movie showed Carla Lemarchant pointing a gun to Elsa Greer. Detective Justin Fogg told Carla that Elsa Greer would win if Carla would shot Elsa Greer. This ending was different because the movie was explained that they were going to convite Elsa Greer, but did hang her. In the ending of the play, it was explained that Elsa Greer was going to get away with murder.
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He was portrayed as the detective to the solve murder of Amyas Crale. Justin Fogg was the best detective for the case. He questioned all the witnesses to the case very thoroughly and got information that was valuable to solving the case. In the movie, they changed his name to Hercule Poirot. He had the characteristic as in the play. He asked numerous in questions and got information from the witnesses as in the play. It appeared to me it was the same character in the play and the movie except the name change. Both the movie and the play showed as a brillant and famous

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