HISTORY 3H03 Lecture 5: Lecture Five (Sept. 15)- Northanger Abbey Movie vs Book
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Differences in the movie than in the book: thing. The way catherine reacts to john thorpe is different- she is more willing to engage with him in the movie. The scenes where catherine is reading and falls asleep and has erotic dreams. Isabella and captain tilney- do not have sex in the novel. The father of catherine likes that she reads books; he does not think it"s a bad. In the scene of catherine in the mother"s room. They push the book forward in the movie- but it isn"t suggested in the book. She is a lot more flirtatious on their horse ride. But she has a small dowry and nobody wants to marry her. Women do not have the choices that sons would have. If a woman is born to a wealthy family.
