Differences Between The Crucible Play And Movie

The play and film adaption of “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller have several differences. These differences have a impact on the story's plot. The Crucible is based on the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692. The story is about witchcraft that was happening in Salem, where their dangerous behaviors and choices affect their lives and the ones of their friends or fellow companions. They're dark desires and secrets will always come out and turn the worst in them. The way the film was made was both similar and different. There are various differences between the play and the film. In the beginning of the play, the story starts off in Reverend Parris's house, while in the film Tituba and the …show more content…
He wanted to show how someone makes another person confess for them. To save their life instead of their own. When Abigail kissed John and went looking for him it was used to show the audience how obsessed Abigail is over John and how he tries to get over her. When Abigail went to visit John, it was used to give a clearer look of how Abigail's mistakes destroy the man she tried to save from the beginning. The beginning scene of the play when the girls are in the woods is used to express the darkedness of the play and what awful things are to come, foreshadow. These changes affect the characterization of the whole play by changing the characters traits. In the beginning of the film, John is seen as a strict and noble man, toward the end we see him as a man who tells the truth and doesn't care about what happens to him. He is seen as a broken man into pieces. In the beginning, Abigail is even as an innocent girl, toward the end she became a monster and a traitor. These changes also affect the story's theme. It's suppose to show how the truth always comes out. While in the film its theme is about how love is inseparable and that the truth is dangerous. These changes affect the play and the film's