Essay - The Movie, the Crucible, Was Derived Entirely from the Book...

The movie, The Crucible, was derived entirely from the book entitled, Salem Possessed: the Social Origins of Witchcraft by Paul S. Boyer, with only a few differences, owing to technical limitations in ***** production. The movie had to reduce ***** number of characters ***** the books ***** order ***** produce it on cinema. Time lapses were shortened, due again to cinematic limitati*****s in presenting the events. Furthermore, the nature of ***** charges against Giles Corey was not identical. In the book, he is charged with contempt of court for refusing ***** plead either innocent or guilty. In the movie, he is charged with contempt for refusing to name ***** person who told him about Thomas Putnam's intent to buy land by means of false accusation. And while Abigail Williams is presented as an 11-year-old girl in t***** book, she is 17 years ***** the movie in order to justify or make credible her being the lust object of John Proc*****r.

In all other *****pects, details and views, the movie and ***** book are identical. They both talk about the same people: the "afflicted" girls Betty Parr*****, Abigail Williams, Tituba, Ann Putnam, John Proct***** ***** his wife Elizabeth, Mary Wolcott, Samuel Parris, Judge Danforth, ***** Corey, and many others. The setting ***** ***** Village in Massachusetts ***** 1692. Both discuss the ***** that led to the Salem witch trials that killed 19 by hanging ***** one ***** crushing.

***** the movie and the book begin by stressing that the community was devoted to ***** service of God, as it existed during Puritanical times. In this Village lived young ***** who felt bored with their elders' stringent ways and tried something more exciting, which then was also in fashion: fortune-tell*****g, magic and spiritism. That was January in 1692. One of the girls was the 9-year-old daughter ***** Reverend Samuel Parris' daughter, while ano*****r was his niece, 11 (or 17-) -year-old *****, Abigail Williams, an *****ph*****. These ***** wanted to find out who their husb***** would be and these men's occupations. Instead of the future, they saw "a specter in the likeness ***** a coffin." (qtd. in ***** 5 par 2).From *****reon, these girls showed signs of disturbance, ***** the physician c*****ed ***** by Rev. Parris concluded ***** caused by witchcraft, then a capital *****fense. Finger-pointing finally led to Tituba, a sl*****ve girl ***** Barbados in the Carib*****an, and later to a beggar, Sarah Good; ***** to a sickly old woman, Sarah Osborne. ***** three were jailed. But instead of ending the trouble, the witch ***** simply began.

***** reason why is clearer in the book because it is longer, had more characters and told more events than ***** *****. The book says that an outbreak of small pox, the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter by Charles II and frequent Indian attacks were perceived by the early Puritans as *****'s punishment for the practice of witchcraft in *****ir Village. And so they believed that they had to clean the Village up