The Crucible Compare And Contrast Essay

People dying for no reason resonates in a lot of ways. Even in real life if people die
around you it does affect how you think and your opinion on certain things. However if it’s your
sister, brother, father, or any loved one. Reality hits you like a bullet and it’s sickening to you.
One thing that is similar in the article and in the play is how the people and especially
john proctor did, “denounce the courts,” but even john proctor as he stood upon his high moral
pedestal in the play and in real life did not lift a finger until it affected him directly. It’s
interesting how that is, to see people you think would be the moral compass to point north in
everyone else’s darkest hours still fade in their own resolve against terror. Although as people
that were more undesirable

to him and the others of Salem died by the noose that would plague
the masses in the future. No one seemed to care.
Another thing that was different was his reputation in real life compared to the play. As I
had said earlier in the play he was placed as a good person, a real stand up man with a good head
on his shoulders.

In real life reality took hold again as his mouth was the undoing of him. “It was
his unguarded tongue that would eventually lead to his death.” He was also known for his temper
in his own home and by the people of Salem. Especially marry warren as in another difference
was shown. In the play he was the guide to Mary warrens moral compass trying to lead her in the
right path saying, “remember god damns all liars Mary.” Though in real life was supposedly
beating her every time she would have a fit or not go his way.
His jail time, and plea for his life were also differences that stood out to me. His jail time
was a short and sweet two weeks, but in the play it seemed drawn out. I’m sure it was just for
more drama but still a difference. Also, I had no clue he mailed a letter to try to get a retrial. That
was interesting. A man imprisoned was able to get a message cross a distance to Chicago judges.
The great differences in the book and in real life are staggering, although the critics and
people watching the movie and play would have liked it less I think it would have been better to
have the real life story told. Reality hits harder than anything else as long as it affects

you.