The Crucible Movie And Book Comparison Essay

Many movies and works of literature today are ones that claim to be “based on a true story”. While that may be the case, these pieces are never what actually occurred, thanks to the fact that authors and directors take creative liberties with the stories in order to enhance them. If one examines a historical document such as a sermon by Puritan John Edwards and compares it to The Crucible (a tale about The Puritans) or A Summer Life by Gary Soto, they will see that they are different, yet similar. Understanding historical pieces as such before watching or reading something based on it leads to a transparent view of what occurred. Having a skewed perspective on these historical happenings may lead to incorrect statements being made and in The …show more content…
At one point in the movie, the group of girls are in a room watching over the little girl when they point out the fact that she drank blood. She retorts, “Shut up! All of you. We danced. That is all, and mark this, if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring with me a pointy reckoning that will shudder you!” (The Crucible). This quote shows that Abigail wants to lie to avoid the trouble she might land herself in if she confesses. However, upon examination of John Edwards Sermon, he says “If we truly come to God for mercy, the greatness of our sin will be no impediment to pardon,” (Edwards, 2). This shows that The Puritans believed that sin would be forgiven, no matter how great, if they came to God and begged for mercy. As Puritans, Abigail and her friends should have come forward and explained their sin fully rather than not “[breathing] a word or edge of the other things”. Doing so would've have been returned with mercy from God, seeing that he is all forgiving if one approaches, begging for