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The Passing of Arthur and Excalibur
Title: The Passing of Arthur and Excalibur
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1123 | Pages: 4.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Passing of Arthur and Excalibur
John Boorman adapted the ”Passing of Arthur” in the movie
“Excalibur.” Movies are not the only adaptations of Tennyson’s
poem but there are several art and music adaptations. Examples
of these adaptations include music by Loreena McKennit and
paintings by John William Waterhouse, Howard Pyle and Arthur
Rackham. In Bela Balazs’s Art Form and Material Balazs states
that a good adaptation is a reinterpretation of the original.
Boorman uses nature and color to …showed first 75 words of 1123 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1123 total…is a successful adaptation of
“The Passing of Arthur.” The movie did not change the text in
any way but used different images. Both the winter moon and red
sunset but portrayed the same idea, death. Boorman used his own
creation, a red sunset to make the same statement as before but
just with more emphasis. The director did his job in recreating
the context of the original text. Therefore, he created a great
adaptation.
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