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Hercules: Similarities And Differences Of Book And Movie

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This paragraph is about the similarities and differences of the hercules movie and book. The Hercules movie is much different from the graphic novel, like the antagonists and the plot but, both versions have the same monster fighting hero; Hercules. For one thing in the graphic novel, Hera drives Hercules insane so he kills innocent people and Hercules is forced by a king to do 12 labors as a punishment . However in the movie Hades is sending monsters after Hercules to kill him so he can release the titans and take over as king of the gods. In the graphic novel Hercules is forced to slay monsters but in the movie Hercules wants to slay monsters to become a true hero so he can live with his father, Zeus. In the graphic novel Hercules kills the

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