The Crucible vs. The Crucible
Nathan O’Connor
Mrs. Giovanetto
English II
16 May 2014
The Crucible vs. The Crucible Twenty innocent citizens of Salem were devastatingly hanged after being falsely accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller masks the plot of McCarthyism with the tragic, but factual story of the Salem witch trials. He wrote both the play and the screenplay, but managed to differentiate between the two. Miller creates a vast amount of similarities and differences between the play and the film, both titled The Crucible. Between the play and the film Miller shares many faithful adaptations throughout the plot. One extract from the plot that was similar was John Proctor talking to his wife, Elizabeth about signing the confession. Elizabeth has a substantial role in John’s grueling decision. She convinces John, “… it come to naught that I should forgive you, if you’ll not forgive yourself. It is not my soul, John, it is yours.” John realizes that Elizabeth has forgiven him from is act of lechery and that he cannot forgive himself. Elizabeth leaves the verdict up to John whether or not to sign his life away. Another significant scene maintained in The Crucible is when John signed the confession to later tear it. In act four Proctor cries, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang!” He surrenders his life with his confession of witchcraft, but refuses to ruin the reputation of his name by signing the document. Just like John, Giles Corey submitted his life to stand up for what he believes in. He declined the command to plead aye or nay to communicating with the devil. Since he would not confess, he was to be pressed. During the execution he had one last chance to spit out his answer and all he muttered was, “More weight.” Although there were many similarities, the differences were more perceptible while watching the film. Even though the play and the movie
Mrs. Giovanetto
English II
16 May 2014
The Crucible vs. The Crucible Twenty innocent citizens of Salem were devastatingly hanged after being falsely accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller masks the plot of McCarthyism with the tragic, but factual story of the Salem witch trials. He wrote both the play and the screenplay, but managed to differentiate between the two. Miller creates a vast amount of similarities and differences between the play and the film, both titled The Crucible. Between the play and the film Miller shares many faithful adaptations throughout the plot. One extract from the plot that was similar was John Proctor talking to his wife, Elizabeth about signing the confession. Elizabeth has a substantial role in John’s grueling decision. She convinces John, “… it come to naught that I should forgive you, if you’ll not forgive yourself. It is not my soul, John, it is yours.” John realizes that Elizabeth has forgiven him from is act of lechery and that he cannot forgive himself. Elizabeth leaves the verdict up to John whether or not to sign his life away. Another significant scene maintained in The Crucible is when John signed the confession to later tear it. In act four Proctor cries, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang!” He surrenders his life with his confession of witchcraft, but refuses to ruin the reputation of his name by signing the document. Just like John, Giles Corey submitted his life to stand up for what he believes in. He declined the command to plead aye or nay to communicating with the devil. Since he would not confess, he was to be pressed. During the execution he had one last chance to spit out his answer and all he muttered was, “More weight.” Although there were many similarities, the differences were more perceptible while watching the film. Even though the play and the movie