Movie Magic

Many of the texts we study are sometimes difficult to comprehend because the use of language has changed over the years. Some stories that seem stilted and boring are often full of jokes that we don't get, anger that's hidden in layers of outdated insults, passion that's lost in translation, or tremendous violence and bloodshed that doesn't leap off of the page through traditional reading.

Movies are a fantastic way to see and hear the story that is intended. Over the years many classic stories have been displayed on the silver screen in ways we never could have pictured while trying to decipher it in the classroom.

For this assignment, choose any movie (new or old) from the list below and watch it at home. Write a 2 page paper telling how this enhanced the text for you; or if it didn't, tell us why!!!
(for this assignment you may even use a video game ie: the new Dante's Inferno) :P

• Romeo & Juliet
• Of Mice and Men
• Lord of the Flies
• The Crucible
• Beowulf
• Dante's Inferno
• The Hobbit