The Crucible Movie Vs Play Analysis

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Imagine girls dancing in the woods. They think they are discovering witches. In the play and the movie, many people think the witchcraft is the truth. The play is more details than the movie but the movie is better than the play because the movie can build people understand more deep of the story. There are many similar details between the movie and the play. One way the movie and the play are alike when Abby was sick in bed. In both she was sick in bed because she told it was the devil. In a like manner all girls start yelling Sarah Good saw the devil because Abigail shouted first that said Sarah Good saw the devil. Likewise all the girls start screaming in the court. Because Abigail said she saw the yellow bird, and then all the girls

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