The Crucible Movie Review

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The Truth on The Crucible The movie The Crucible, produced by Robert Miller and David Picker is a version of the play on Salem witchcraft. The movie was produced in 1996 and directed by Nicholas Hytner. The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. The story begins with some girls in the forest, who attempt to conjure up some spirits. In the beginning the girls are dancing in the woods this did not really happen it was just a way to open the scene for a movie according to Tim Gracyk. When Reverend Parris saw this incident, all the madness begins. Abigail, Parris’ niece, forces the other girls to not say anything about the incident, but once Tituba confesses, that is when all of the false accusations arise. “She would entertain the others with stories of witchcraft, demons, and mystic animals. Other girls soon joined their circle in the evenings to listen to Tituba’s tales and participate in fortune telling experiments. They would tell their fortunes by dropping an egg white into a glass of water and then interpret the picture it formed.” (Tim Sutter) In the movie it shows a love connection between Abigail Williams who was only 11 years old with John Proctor who was 60 years old. According to history they might have known of each other but never spoke to one another. Many people in Salem are worried about their reputation, so most of them pretend to be good, when in reality they do not follow all of the beliefs of the Puritan life. John Proctor had made many mistakes in his life, but his biggest mistake was having an affair with Abigail. This affair causes him so much trouble throughout the play because he doesn’t want to ruin his reputation. For example, when his wife Elizabeth tells him that he should tell the judges about Abigail’s confession of all of this witchcraft nonsense being a fraud, he begins to make up excuses. In one of
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