Crucible vs. Movie
In the beginning of the play "The Crucible", one is left guessing what just happened and what is going to happen next. Betty is lying in front of her father almost lifeless and it's easy to sense the awkwardness coming from Abigail as she watches upon everyone trying to diagnose and cure little Betty. You have a sense of foreshadowing that the movie completely does away with in the opening scene when everyone is dancing around the fire while conjuring spirits. Overall the Play gives a better Dramatic orientation than the
For example, Mary Warren is a kind and very easily influenced girl; I felt that she deserved sympathy. This play is based on a true story so the people in it should behave more like real people. Imagining things happen can often have a greater effect on a person emotionally than if you are actually watching it happen. In the play she seemed to be more innocent and more like a real person, where as in the movie, she seemed (along with everyone else) a little more mean and out to get revenge on something. A person's mind may have the ability to see a scene in greater detail than the director or the movie budget would allow. There are many instances in the movie where I was left feeling no pity or sorrow for certain characters where I had in the play. When watching the movie, one isn't left wondering anything; there is no room for imagination. In a sense the movies loses most "real" dramatic element and leaves you not wanting more, where as the play gives you that spooky more "real" element and is much more to be desired. I think that the play has a very good way of showing that through the writing. Being the type of story that "The Crucible" is, it's easy to let your imagination go wild while talking about loose spirits and voodoo dolls. The movie on the other hand tries too hard to add that little bit of Hollywood magic and results in ruining the true story effect that it already has.
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