Differences Between The Crucible Movie And Play

The movie stayed very true to the play. The changes that were made was for the hollywood appeal. The changes cause the theme, tone, and setting to change. Two changes between the film and the play's the ages of Abigail and John Proctor, and the beginning of the film starts of with the girls dancing in the woods

First, one of the changes between the film and the play's the ages of Abigail Williams and John Proctor. In the play Abigail was represented as a child no more than 12 years old, and John was at least 60 years old in the play. But in the film Abigail was 17 years old and John was 30 years old and they had an affair. These changes cause a different outlook on the two characters. It also allowed them to be more memorable, because

of that aspect of “sex.” The change of ages gave a different view on the two characters. In my opinion, it made me look differently towards Abigail and John. In the play she was this innocent girl who didn't have “known” John proctor. This change in the film also change the tone of the film from mild to a little more serious. It changed the theme of the film. The theme of the film was basically don't ruin your whole life for a second of pleasure. If you think about it none of the stuff that happened in the movie would have happened if John would have just made the mature decision to not sleep with Abigail , not only once but multiple times. Abigail would have never became obsessed with being with John. She would have never wanted to accuse Elizabeth of being a witch, John would have never had to confessed to sleeping with her and (spoiler) he would have never been hanged at the end of the movie.
Second, another change to the film was that the film started with the girls sneaking out of the house to go dance in the woods. In the start of the play it begins with Reverend Parris going into the room with Betty sleeping and not being able to wake up. This change in the film gave the visual of the girls leaving their rooms in the middle of the night to go summon the spirits of the boys that they like. It also showed the power that Abigail had over Tituba to make her go into the woods to summon spirits. The setting of the film changed from starting in the room with Betty to in the girls house, then in the woods. The tone of the scene started off fun you know kids sneaking out of their house the usual stuff then it changes fast to serious because we get to see a glimpse of Abigail and how crazy she is. In the play it starts off with Betty already being “witched.”