Film Review of The Crucible
Who'd have thought that simple dancing could cause so much chaos in asmall town. This is precisely what happens in the film The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, 1996), which was originally written as a play by Arthur Miller. This story is based on actual events, which helps in showing the accuracy of the events. The story takes place in Salem in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. The story starts when a group of young girls, particularly one named Abigail, are caught dancing around a fire in the woods by the town preacher, Samuel Parris. In an effort to avoid getting in trouble, the girls begin to make accusations against the townspeople, saying that these people are witches who forced them to dance. As the hysteria grows in Salem, people begin to question their own neighbors, simply out of spite and vengeance, among other things. The Crucible is certainly historically accurate in it's portrayal of the townspeople's beliefs and attitudes. It is a film that should be seen to view the way people were in the seventeenth Fear was probably the biggest reason for all of the happenings. Fear is what got the girls started on their accusations, as they were afraid to get
Devil. This film is historically accurate in portraying these feelings, as we can judged their lives by how faithful they were to God, and by how pure they were. these girls started to make accusations against others, as they were afraid to be beliefs. Just look at how the Puritans treated the Indians. They feared the Native seen to be related to the Devil. When things such as dancing occured, the incident
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