Compare and contrast the uses and meanings of symbolism within the book and filmed version of, Dont look now.

Dont Look Now was originally a short story written by Daphne Du Maurier and published in a collection of stories titled After Midnight.  The story focuses on a couple, John and Laura, who have recently suffered the bereavement of their daughter, Christine, and are on holiday in Venice, trying to return their lives to normal.  While there, they encounter two twins, one of whom claims to be psychic, and from there on strange events start to happen. Nicolas Roegs film follows the main outline of the story very closely, however, many of the specific details have been altered with the result that the film story becomes Roegs rather than Du Mauriers….(short extract)