The Crucible Film Analysis

A theme in The Crucible is that a society ruled by theocracy and status based on religion is bound to fall apart. Salem 's strict adherence to the Christian shurch is evident in everything the citizens do. They use measures of a person 's knowledge and adherence to the religion as a means of judging their character and also their status in society. They believe "God [was] provoked so grandly by such a petty cause" (121), which is why the "jails are packed" (121). If the citizen did anything to make God angry, they were punished. This is why the judges were so relentless and naïve in putting the accused women to trial and convicting them. They believed "the law, based upon the Bible, and the Bible, writ by the Almighty God,

The climax of The Crucible is when John Proctor admits that he had relations with a woman other than his wife, Elizabeth. When in court he called out Abigail Williams for lechery, but she declined any accusations about their relationship. The pinnacle point in the climax is when Elizabeth came into the courtroom to testify about the two’s relationship. Because she had no idea about his confession, she lied about Abigail and John’s relationship. This ultimately sentenced John Proctor to death for false accusations against Abigail and because of his “ties” with the devil.

In Act Ⅱ Scene 2 of The Crucible, a 1953 play by the Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams, the antagonist, meets John Proctor, the protagonist, in the forest at night, where John asks Abigail to free his wife in court the next day, or otherwise he will expose their affair in public to ruin her. This fast-paced short scene portrays Abigail as pious and possessed, which contradicts the impression given by previous scenes. Most importantly, the scene reveals the crucial plan of Proctor which he is planning to use to take down Abigail. By excluding the scene, Miller eliminates the unfavourable danger of jeopardizing the credibility of the characters due to the inconsistency of descriptions, heightens the dramatic effect when Proctor confesses in

“The relationship between John proctor and his wife is not an easy one” Through close analysis of three scenes discuss Miller’s dramatic presentation of the relationship and how the audience respond to it. Draft

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.

When writing a book every author aims to perfect it; often times along the way parts are amended, removed, or added. As in the tragedy, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, he wrote Act 2, Scene 2, but before the play was released, he removed it; it was not his intent to destroy it entirely as it was additionally added to the appendix of the book. The scene between Proctor and Abigail should not be attached to the book. Moreover, the scene should not be added because John Proctor’s darker side should not be revealed. Along with this, Abigail is no longer just spiteful and cunning, but crazy, unpredictable, and evil. Her personality and inner desires should be more shrouded so the reader can speculate and fill in the blanks. Additionally, the supplemented scene would have been repetitive; Proctor and Abigail's complicated relationship is already defined in the book.

Since John Proctor behaves as an essentially good and upright man throughout the story, his tragic death stirs pity and fear in the audience. The audience cannot help but

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible presents Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams who serve important roles through their unique characteristics and thinking. John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, has two defining characteristics that show throughout this play: she not only lives to please everyone around her and behaves passively, but she lacks the assertiveness to confront what lies directly under her nose. However, Abigail, the girl John Proctor commits the crime of adultery with, manipulates those around her. She is keen to act upon an opportunity when one arises and feels a determination to get her way. While Elizabeth and Abigail are similar in their love for John Proctor, Elizabeth differs from Abigail through her tendency to try to please everyone and keep her own emotions bottled up, while Abigail believes the world revolves around her and works to make things go her own way.

The 1996 film of The Crucible is a historical drama inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials. The film has won a multitude of cinematic achievements and continuously blows audience members away with the accuracy of the historical events and portrayal of the characters by the actors and actresses. The profound work of Arthur Miller is also expressed within the written play of The Crucible. However, the film did the best job of portraying characters that were both historically accurate and believable to an audience member. One main character from The Crucible that is both historically accurate and extremely believable in the film is Abigail Williams. Winona Ryder, the actress of Abigail Williams, did an impeccable job portraying her character and became widely known for her work through several achievements and film reviews. The recognition that she and the rest of the cast received due to the characterization in this cinematic production is what made the film do the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member instead of the written play. Although the written play describes the actions and thoughts of the characters very precisely, the film did the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member through the achievements and film reviews received from actors and actresses such as Winona Ryder, the recognition the cast as a whole earned, and the actions and emotions the actors and

John Proctor, throughout the play, undergoes a personal dilemma. He earns our respect during the play by making some moral choices. Towards the end of the play he follows the courage of his convictions but ironically has to play the ultimate price.

John Proctor has always helped out with his family, he has never needed to depend on anybody for anything. Though, he is the man of the house there were problems in his household. John is very strong willed, as well as a man of his word. In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” John is ashamed for what he has done by committing the horrid crime of “lechery”, and it results in a rough relationship between John and Elizabeth.

Within “The Crucible,” the issues of Elizabeth and Proctor’s relationship are factors in the instigation of the plot of the story. Due to Proctor’s affair with Abigail, a wedge is driven between Proctor and his wife and will prove to be the initiator of the Salem Witch Trials, as it is in “The Crucible.” An effect of this affair is shown in the second scene when Elizabeth is first introduced. Proctor comes home from his day of work and the tension between the two is seen

Technique 1: Cross Cutting The director uses cross cutting to show us every single moment that happening in places at the same time when Truman was trying to escape from Seahaven and Christof uses his power to make Truman discouraged then abandoned the intention to leave Seahaven. Cross cutting occurs when Truman decided to curb his fear of the water and sail over the ocean to regain his freedom. The shot began when Christof found Truman on the ocean and directs everyone in the Lunar Room create fierce waves to hinder Truman's escape, Christof wants Truman to believe that he could be in danger when he is out of Seahaven. Then this technique led us to another location that where Truman at, he was on the boat and tries to do everything such as

Any film nominated for Golden Globes, Oscars, British Academy Film Awards, and many other prestigious awards typically signifies the movie is a spectacular masterpiece. Nicholas Hytner’s 1996 film, The Crucible, fits this description, and in many people’s opinion portrays the characters of The Crucible better than Arthur Miller’s original 1952 written play. Unlike the written text, the adaptation of the play allows the audience to visually see the emotions behind each character, and from this, one can easily characterize each person in, hopefully, the way Miller intended. The film version of The Crucible best portrays the characters, especially that of John Proctor, due to its brilliant actors and actresses, their on-screen chemistry, and the cinematography of the film itself (IMDb.com).

Within the text ‘The Crucible’ conflict has been used as an element to found the story on. The protagonist character John Proctor is used to show both internal and external conflict. John’s internal conflict demonstrates the importance of reorganizing the right course, and acting upon it, whilst his external