Differences Between The Crucible Movie And Play

Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” was seen on broadway twice, during 1953 and 2016. It was considered a masterpiece and a work of art by many, which it was rightfully called. Due to this, it was seen on broadway more than once. “The Crucible” was Miller’s way of expressing problems with modern day society. Miller’s masterpiece was made into a movie, an opera, and still even performed in theaters today. Along with these different styles of publishing the play, must come different actions, lines, emotions, personalities, and much more. Between the film and play versions, there are slight differences, such as perspective, which must be put in place in order to make the film to seem more like a film, and the play to seem more like a play, which leads to why and how the character John Proctor appeals to the viewer in the movie more than the play.
Between the movie and the play, certain characters differ in unique ways. This relates heavily to John Proctor’s role. In the movie, When John Proctor is first introduced, he is seen as the protagonist of the story. John Proctor is

From personalities, to actions, a lot of things about the characters are different. For instance, the script of the play that was read in class did not include the part when the girls were dancing with Tituba in the forest. That scene is not entirely necessary, but it would have opened more people’s eyes instead of them having to use context clues to figure out what happened.On the contrary, others would argue that the beginning part with the girls and Tituba was not necessary to start the plot of the story. Another instance would be that during the movie, the character seem to be more aggressive and emotional. An argument against this could be that those were simply stage directions, but the play does not speak of Reverend Parris tearing up and slapping Abigail and such while the two of them are in Betty’s