The Crucible movie and play differences
The Crucible
The movie The Crucible was made in 1996, its main characters are John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend John Hale, and Judge Danforth. Early in the year 1692, in the small Massachusetts village of Salem, a collection of girls fell ill, falling victim to hallucinations and seizures. New England’s Puritans extreme involvement with religion led to the theory that frightening or surprising occurrences were often attributed to the devil or his cohorts. The incomprehensible sickness stimulated fears of witchcraft, and it was not long before the girls, and then many other residents of Salem, began to accuse other villagers of consorting with devils and casting spells. Old grudges and jealousies were exposed in to the open, while the air was getting filled with chaos and hysteria. The Massachusetts government and judicial system, heavily influenced by religion, jumped in to action. Within a few weeks, dozens of people were in jail on charges of witchcraft. By the time the fever had run its course, in late August 1692, nineteen people had been convicted and hanged for witchcraft, as many as thirteen people died in prison, and one person was pressed to death. The facts from the movie seemed accurate, and were somewhat similar to the genuine facts that occurred in this event; although the film did have its distinctions.
To me, it would not had made a difference if I didn’t have a background on the topic. It also would not have left me with a false impression because all the facts and information I acquired, was predominately identical to the way I visualized it. When Mary Warren points to Abigail when Hale initially asks the girls about the dancing in the woods and then Abigail implicates Tituba, more girls (not just Abigail) cast charms to make males love them, the girls are shown dancing in the forest in the beginning, Tituba is beaten into confession. George Jacobs appears in court. George Jacobs is hanged for witchcraft, Ruth Putnam
The movie The Crucible was made in 1996, its main characters are John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend John Hale, and Judge Danforth. Early in the year 1692, in the small Massachusetts village of Salem, a collection of girls fell ill, falling victim to hallucinations and seizures. New England’s Puritans extreme involvement with religion led to the theory that frightening or surprising occurrences were often attributed to the devil or his cohorts. The incomprehensible sickness stimulated fears of witchcraft, and it was not long before the girls, and then many other residents of Salem, began to accuse other villagers of consorting with devils and casting spells. Old grudges and jealousies were exposed in to the open, while the air was getting filled with chaos and hysteria. The Massachusetts government and judicial system, heavily influenced by religion, jumped in to action. Within a few weeks, dozens of people were in jail on charges of witchcraft. By the time the fever had run its course, in late August 1692, nineteen people had been convicted and hanged for witchcraft, as many as thirteen people died in prison, and one person was pressed to death. The facts from the movie seemed accurate, and were somewhat similar to the genuine facts that occurred in this event; although the film did have its distinctions.
To me, it would not had made a difference if I didn’t have a background on the topic. It also would not have left me with a false impression because all the facts and information I acquired, was predominately identical to the way I visualized it. When Mary Warren points to Abigail when Hale initially asks the girls about the dancing in the woods and then Abigail implicates Tituba, more girls (not just Abigail) cast charms to make males love them, the girls are shown dancing in the forest in the beginning, Tituba is beaten into confession. George Jacobs appears in court. George Jacobs is hanged for witchcraft, Ruth Putnam