The Crucible: Book Vs. Movie

The Crucible Film The Crucible; an intensely emotional and dramatic film based on the horrific story of the Salem witch trials. The opening and concluding sequences are of great importance in conjuring the melancholy atmosphere present throughout the story. The director uses various different devices to achieve this.

Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, and the movie with the same name have many differences and similarities, all of which contribute to the individual effectiveness of each in conveying their central message.

There are quite a few noticeable differences between The Crucible book, and the film. In the book, there was an appendix, that was completely omitted from the movie. Then, in the film, there was a scene showing Mary Warren sewing the poppet that was found in Goody Proctor”s house. In the book, it talked about the girls dancing in the woods, but in the movie, not only was it the opening scene, they showed it as a flashback.

The Crucible was written in 1952 by Arthur Miller, who wrote this to write a drama

Today, children are taught to forgive others and give second chances. But this was not always the case. Historically, once someone had committed a crime they were thought of as dishonorable people and it was made known to others that they had committed a sin. This is seen in many literary works including The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, and Les Miserables. Les Miserables, originally written by Victor Hugo, exemplifies this prejudice. Throughout the story, the characters can not escape the prejudice related to one mistake, or perceived mistake. In the movie version directed by Bille August, Jean Valjean and Fantine are unable to receive forgiveness and move on with their lives.

The Puritans had a heavily important part in the formation of early America, as well as a religion that influenced our early American society. This society has been the target which many authors have picked to set their novels in. The topic of Puritan life contains a broad list of aspects that can be easily compared to one another in several different books. Two selections that go into detail about some of the different aspects of the Puritan people are The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. These two particular writers who wrote of Puritan times conveyed, in their text, the similarities of religion, punishment, and adultery in the Puritan community of 17th century.

The Crucible There are many significant changes from the movie to the play. As you go through the movie, you notice the differences from the play. It changes the attitude towards the scenes, theme, and/or act. You realize the changes and how they affect the scene.

The play version of The Crucible is a lot more what is seen in this play. The play is good and could arguably be better than the movie. The movie version of The Crucible shows exactly how the actors portray the characters by how they spoke and acted. The movie was a success when it was released in 1996. The actors in the movie are very skilled and play their characters great.

There are many differences between the movie version of The Crucible and the play. Some of the changes may not seem much to you but,those changes can impact how you see a certain character,the tone,or the story itself. The change could have been altering someone’s age or appearance just a tad but,even something like that can make a big difference to the way someone sees the story. For example, the antagonist Abigail Williams had an affair with the protagonist John Proctor. That’s not really problem unless you know their true age.

Books and movies always have differences, some are more incongruous then the rest, but there are always differences, and they can be found. Movie scenes are always more intriguing than a book describing it, but in The Crucible, the girls are dancing in the woods at the beginning, which is not found in the play. That scene is depicted in the playwright, but not acted out. John Proctor is first shown working in the field with a scythe, and that is also not found within the play. Then he is found inside eating with his wife, Elizabeth, instead of sitting outside while having their conversation.

The Crucible was a very clever film created by Arthur Miller which leads to other identical films to be created with The Crucible in mind. The film of the Crucible was not the best, but definitely explained the play a lot better. It went more in debt with several parts and even enhanced how the viewers see the characters emotions. For instance, in the play, it was only a flashback when the girls were dancing in the woods. In the film, the girls were shown running, dancing and much more detail that is critical to the viewers. Other little things were also changed in the film to make it more appealing to the audience. Such as when Tituba gets whipped by Reverend Parris while in the play she is only threatened to be whipped. The film also made

The story called “The Crucible” I explain the different interpretations between the film and the book. Showing how Nicholas Hytner the movie director pictured of how it went in the book. Arthur Miller the story writer, showed alternate ways of how he put the book together. I will show textual evidence to support my interpretations. Explaining how I see it between the book, and film of “The Crucible.”

(A comparison of the themes and messages in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter)

We all read books and then watched the movie based on the book, but they’re always a difference between the both even though there about the same story. Even though you read or watched “The Crucible” is still a great story of believing witches exist, they both have the same concepts it still has their differences on their point of views of the story.

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams, one of the main characters, is the self-centered seventeen year old niece of Reverend Parris who heavily contributes to and drives the plot. Thus far Abigail (also referred to as Abby) has had quite a cataclysmic life. Unsurprisingly, during this catastrophic time of witch trials, Abigail intervenes for her own amusement. Additionally, she gets herself into some trouble lusting after a married man. Miller’s tedious inclusion of Abigail’s significant experiences, traits, and actions form her into the licentious, impostor she is.