be seen as an arrangement that gives potential for interpreting a text in a newer way, instead of simply seeing the limitations of the form in adapting a source text.
While most prefer to look at the future with an affirmative hope, there are some who choose to give one the reality check. Artists do this through their art. George Orwell, set down to write a work of fiction, which was to throw light on the future of mankind and the world in year 1984. Published in the year 1949, his highly acclaimed novel, Nineteen Eighty Four, describes of a bone chilling dystopia. The novel, written through the world of Winston Smith, the helpless protagonist is not a pleasant read at all. The film almost follows the novel for the most part. The eerie feeling of dystopia does not leave the film. Mainly
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In fact, the very famous idiom goes, Change is the law of the nature. Adaptation within life and art has been going on since time immortal. In the olden days, the Greek plays were adapted and acted out by actors in theatres, for actual audiences. Even in the times of Shakespeare, his plays were adapted on stage. In fact, Shakespeare himself wrote his plays loosely based on historical events, romantic stories and other events of interest. Thus, we see that adaptation itself is not a new art. It has existed since a long time. The adaptors of the story into a new medium do so, either because they find the story interesting enough to retell it in another medium. Or because, they want to entertain the viewers encore with the newer version of the same story. The creative satisfaction is a major reason for doing so, but one cannot negate the economic reason for doing so. Many production house would want to adapt a famous and well received story in a book on an onscreen version. This would attract multitude of viewers and also promote economic benefits. Any text we read is bound to have been inspired by ideas, thoughts, and some art. This research