An Evil Witch or a Guardian Angel: Kendra's Role in Flinn's 'Beastly' and Barnz's 'Beasty'

Abstract

The role of guiding character Kendra Hilferty differs between Flinn's novel 'Beastly' and Barnz's film adaptation 'Beastly'. Kendra is less important in the film than she is in the novel. This can partly be explained by the change in medium - novel to film. This change in medium brings with it the need to reduce length and a change in the themes that receive focus. Therefore, some characters will receive a more prominent function, whereas others become less important to the development of the plot. T