The Crucible: Movie Analysis

The Crucible and Twelve Angry Men (1957 film) share many similarities between them, particularly in the themes they convey throughout the texts. Justice and prejudice are the main ideas presented in both texts, however the setting and outcomes differ significantly between the two, providing a different insight in each text. Both authors, Miller and Lumet, present relevant issues in the context of the 1950s that both texts were written. The similar social condition of America that the two texts were published in is a likely factor as to why the two texts have similar motifs presented throughout.

	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.

In the book, The Crucible Arthur Miller tries to demonstrate that the Salem Witch Trials and the red scare had a huge impact on the lives of many people. But mainly that there was lots of fear during that time. And people like for example McCarthy saw that as an opportunity to Manipulate people for personal gain. Also, Arthur Miller is showing how these two events really relate to each other and share the same concept.

The desire to be seen as perfect is seen among every human. It has been taken up by the puritan community as the way of life. Puritan belief has made it tremendously hard to not throw shame and regret on people. It causes children to act up due to them being able to get recognized. Everyone would constantly be blamed for things that weren 't bad to the community but due to human nature, they were blamed for benefiting them. Which in itself is not the act of a true puritanism. Women ( specifically young girls) all had a huge impact on Salem that caused lies and new beliefs. 3 women were the main cause of all the sales madness and mayhem these women were Abigail

Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” was made into a movie by Nicholas Hytner in 1996. Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder and Paul Scofield star in this historical movie. It is described as a drama. The movie takes place in a small town Salem, Massachusetts, where the actual events happened.

There are many differences from the play and the movie version of The Crucible. One of the main differences would be that the movie added extra scenes. For instance at the beginning of the movie the girls were found in the woods dancing near a fire while yelling the names of the men they wished loved them. Where as the play started in the home of the Parris’ and the forest scene was only a flash back. The reason the movie added this scene was to set the mood and show what actually happened in the woods that night, the play tried to stick to the root of the story and it was hard to bring the outdoor scene on stage. Another big difference would be how they confronted Tituba about the situation. In the movie they didn’t really let her explain

The playwright, The Crucible, is a political allegory which follows the plot of the Salem Witch Trails and the various characters that were affected by it. Arthur Miller, the author, uses The Crucible to voice his own opinion on what he saw as the modern-day witch trails, McCarthyism. Through the story of the Salem Witch trails Arthur Miller denounces his era of injustice, fear, and discrimination.

In this essay, I intend to analyse the historical content of The Crucible and its relevance in today 's society. I believe that Arthur Miller 's life and his experience of McCarthyism strongly influenced the writing of The Crucible.

The act of using one’s position or one’s power in bad or offensive way is abuse of power. Abuse of power can be taking advantage of somebody, or misuse of someone position, or do something illegal through their power is also abuse of power. Abuse of power is also to gain benefit improperly. Everyone in their whole life at some time they misuse their power at some point. In the play The Crucible some people abuse their power to get some people into death. In the play The Crucible, Abigail Williams abuse her power to put her enemies into death. Abigail got a very good skill to manage every difficulties very quickly. She misuse her power on mostly john’s wife, so can get her in jail. Because she as an affair with john, and she wants nobody between them.

The movie is chose to watch was the Crucible. It was filmed in 1996 but it portrayed a town in Massachusetts around 1692. The story starts off with a bunch of young girls dancing in the woods with their slave in secret of their father. When they are discovered a girl name Betty faints and does not wake up and the townspeople suspect witchcraft. The town then goes on a witch hunt suspecting people left and right of witchcraft. The accusations of witchcraft caused many innocent people to die because of fear and superstitions of the town people.

Abigail Williams - Niece of Reverend Parris, she is leader of the girls in town and has had affair with John Proctor.

The story starts with seventeenth century Salem, Massachusetts in a room. The room is that of Betty, Minister Parris’s daughter. His daughter is unconscious and still from the previous engagement she was a part of. She, his niece Abigail, his servant Tituba, and other girls were found dancing in the woods. The entire town is in an uproar about witchcraft and its effects it has had on Betty. In comes more characters, Ann Putnam Thomas Putnam among others to see the works of witch craft on Betty. They then reveal that their daughter Ruth is showing the same signs that Betty is expressing. The adults go down stairs to calm the crowd forming at Reverend Parris’s home, all except John Proctor who stays and talks to Abigail. During this interaction

Two months later, congratulatory applause deafened the newly christened law offices of Rearin & McKinley Attorneys-at-Law. Finally, a junior partner had made it to managing partner; Conor McKinley now occupied Mr Hardwood’s former office.

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).

For my film analysis I watched the movie The Crucible to find out its historical accuracy. The movie was based on a play written by Arthur Miller which was about the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693. The movie was about women who were caught dancing and doing a ritual in the forest. When caught they lied saying that they were being controlled by the devil. They falsely accused others of worshiping the devil and “signing his book.” The leader of this group of women, Abigail Williams, used this power they had acquired to accuse John Proctors wife of witchcraft. After trying to prove everyone’s innocence John was soon condemned to the same fate and was ultimately hung with the others who would not confess. After watching the movie, I have concluded that the movie is about half accurate according to what happened at the Salem witch trials. This is mainly due to extra or altered content in the movie to add entertainment value.