The Crucible Movie And Book Comparison

When a film interpretation of a movie is released, many fans are cautious with this new creation. A large majority of the time the novel is the more superior than the film, but there are exceptions. The film interpretation of the 1952 novel The Crucible has proven time and time again that it is the much better version of the story. While the novel does have detailed character descriptions, the film has exceptional performances that show the emotion of the characters and how the time period really was. The film interpretation of the play did a superior job in show casing the emotion in the characters, such as abigail Williams. Abigail, when reading in class, seemed nothing more than a confused girl who was just getting by. In the film her devious and manipulative ways were shown. Winona Ryder did an excellent job in portraying the narcissistic ways of Abigail Williams. She showed how Abigal used people such as John Proctor to get what she wanted, such as getting his wife arrested and accused of witchcraft. The novel did not give much of an impression of narcissism without anyone explicitly stating it. The film showed how Abigail Williams was a narcissist but also did not forget to explain what made her that way. The director did an excellent job in showing how Abigail was …show more content…
The novel does not seem as realistic because it is seen as set in a time period that no reader is from. It seems alien to the reader. The film makes everything feel real and as if it really happened. The characters have real emotion and show who they really are instead of the novel where the interpretations of the characters are not the same. This does not show what miller intended to portray with his writing. The film shows who these characters truly are and show how it was in this time period. It shows how corruption and lies thrive in the town which is a big part of the story that the novel can not portray as