In the play Reverend Parris has one daughter and a young woman, Abigail, who is under his care. In reality, the Parris family also included two other children, an older brother, Thomas (b. 1681), and a younger sister, Susannah (b.1687)(Brown). Another major difference is that in the play Betty claims that her mother is dead, but in fact she was not dead; she died in 1696 four years after the events(Brown). Miller admits in the introduction to the play that he boosted Abigail's age to 17 even though the real girl's age was only 11, and he never mentions that John Proctor was 60 and Elizabeth ,his third wife, was 41. In fact Proctor was not a farmer but a tavern keeper. other members of the Proctor family were; a daughter aged 15, a son who was 17, and John's 33-year-old son from his first marriage (Nissenbaum). Ever

As you can see there are more than a few occasions when Miller decides to use dramatic license, straying from the historical facts. For instance Miller has 17 year old Abby seduce a thirtyish John when in truth Abby was 11 and John was In the Play, John proctor and Abigail commit adultery. I believe even in the puritan society this is viewed as perverted. I believe there never was an affair. Instead Miller used his own life as a substitute for the play . He committed adultery , when he was married to his wife. He could have put this part in the play because John reflects Miller in that he feels deeply sorry for what he did and he wishes his own wife would have forgiven him like his character Elizabeth did with John.

Despite what was said in the play Giles Corey was not executed for refusing to name a witness, as portrayed in the movie. In part the play is accurate: he was accused of witchcraft, and refused to enter a plea, which held up the proceedings, since the law of the time required that the accused enter a plea. He was pressed to death with stones, but the method was used to try to force him to enter a plea so that his trial could proceed(Brown). Corey probably realized that if he were tried at all, he would be executed, and his children would be disinherited. Who knows why Miler decided to make the execution less accurate then it actually was?

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