Hi Everyone:
For our final post on the Crucible, you
can either a) share your thoughts on the play as a whole and how the
ending affected your experience of the play, or b) share your
impressions of the film. Were scenes dramatized well? Did some scenes
deviate from the play or were they faithful to the play? And what did
you think of the scenes that were not in the play but were in the film?
How did these scenes change your understanding of the play? This will
be due the evening of Wednesday, October 30th. Thanks, Mr. Telles.
The Crucible was a great play that I will confess was tragically great. The end of the play on the book was something that was not very expected from me; I felt like a lot of people died being innocents, and the ones who needed to be punished, left on the easy go. I've always learned how to understand something by looking, and seeing the experiences live. It makes it clear to the audience that this was something that happened by having proof, instead of having just the summary of it, by writing it down. However, since this is a play, the best way to show it to others is to perform it, instead of just reading off the pages. The emotions collide when you see the scenes being acted out by excellent actors and actress doing their hardest to make the play very enthusiastic and meaningful. The whole story of the play is very dramatic, which so, adds a little more to the movie itself, rather then the book. Miller tried to do something different with the play and the book, by adding and deleting some scenes. Each of these differences, just contributed to the way the play came to be, because of how it fit well together and how everything just connected like a big puzzle piece. Understanding the play wasn't very hard, though, by reading it you get a better sense of details and everything is sorted out for you, which makes it easier to get the whole idea of it. On the other hand, the movie does the opposite, by putting all the scenes together and performing them right there and then makes us imagine what will come next. For some reason, Miller did that on purpose to be able to get peoples different opinions to collide to one another to make it able to be discussed and talked about. Personally, the movie was much more precise then the book, the movie had the actors showing what it was like to live that moment, what it was like to be hanged against their own wills. Experimenting something is better then just learning about it.
ReplyDeleteThe crucible was a pretty good so, the movie had to be pretty good too. I liked the movie a lot better than I liked the book. I felt like the book was very long and that it took the author a long time to "get to the point", of each scene. the movie clarified for me how to understand what each of the characters meant and how they are displaying it, because in the book you can not see the reaction or hear the tone of voice when each character is speaking, you have to imagine it yourself which can be difficult. Another reason the movie was better was that I enjoyed the deleted scene from the book they put in the movie when Proctor meets Abigail in the woods to talk her out of the nonsense going on with the town. The movie all together was really good and helped me understand better than the book could.
ReplyDeletein my opinion the movie was better portrayed because it showed all the scenes well. I found the book hard to follow at times, mostly because it was a playwright and meant to be preformed, so I think that confused me a little bit. One scene that the movie showed really well, in my opinion, was the one in court with the yellow birds. In the book for me it was hard to follow but the movie cleared up what I was confused about.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though the movie helped me understand what was happening at times a little better, but the movie was sadder and actually brought the story to life. The scene with Mr. Jacobs when he was saying he couldn’t possibly have done anything wrong and to do with witchcraft and no one believed him was so sad. While reading the book I honestly didn’t imagine the story to be as real as it really was. I know the concept of the Crucible actually happened even though it wasn’t exactly along the lines of this story, but I didn’t imagine it to be as sad as the movie made it. I am glad we watched the movie though because it gave me a better picture of the book. Some parts of the book were a little shaky and hard to follow along in a flowing way, but the movie was much easier to piece things together. I liked the book and the movie though. Other than it being about witchcraft, it portrayed what times used to be like and how people would do anything for attention and to get what they wanted.
ReplyDeleteIn the Crucible movie there were several scenes that were well dramatized that elicited much emotion but the one that stood out the most were the early court cases of the witch trials. When the witch trials began the movie demonstrated the corrupted residents of the town who look to have their enemies and rivals hanged in order to profit in some way from it.One was Mr.Putnam who was willing to kill others for his own benefit. As when he pushed the accusations on his neighbors in order to gain their land and used his daughter to accuse them. One of the accused is old George Jacobs an old man that can do little to no more than walk. Mr.Putnam uses his daughter to have him hanged in order to gain his land and shows no remorse.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion I thought that the movie told the story much better than the book did. I understand that The Crucible is supposed to be a play so it is meant to be scene not read. I loved how the movie really showed the emotions of the characters and I feel as if the story moved on a lot quicker than it did in the book. The book had a lot of subtext than the reader needed to suffer through and the movie was more enjoyable. The movie made me really emotional at times especially the scene with Old Man Jacobs being persecuted by the little girl. The Old Man Broke My Heart!! Another scene that made my eyes fill with tears was the very ending when Mr. Putnam was praying along with the others who are about to be hung. I was very happy about how they ended the movie and I feel that by watching the movie I understood the story of The Crucible a lot better.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the movie was able to make The Crucible seem real. While reading the book the whole plot and concept seemed very far-fetched and I just couldn't picture it happening in real life. Although when we read the book as a class my understanding of what was happening was better than when we had to read it to ourselves. The book seemed to be very anti-climactic because it is hard to read a book with as much emotion as actors and actresses do. The scenes in the movie were dramatized very well, I thought. It didn't look as if they were all faking it; it looked as if these actors were facing the same troubles and hardships that their characters were facing. Also, all the drama didn't seem forced by the actors, it looked real. Mostly throughout the movie it stayed very close to how the book was. I was actually surprised at how close it was to the book. Usually, movies tend to stray from the actual plot from the play but, the movie had it almost exact. Although there were two or three scenes that were not in the book that were in the play I believe that they played a big part in the movie. Overall, I enjoyed the movie more than the book because it seemed to flow more naturally and it made the story come alive.
ReplyDeleteThe Crucible was an outstanding play in its whole and has a story that not many authors today can really replicate, especially when it comes to their characters and then developing those said characters thoroughly as the book goes on. This made the film that represents it have great expectations to meet in order to please the main audience of readers who enjoyed the book so much that they would give anything to see a dramatization of one of their favorite beloved stories. Truth be told the movie wasn't one of the greatest pieces of work in the film industry, some of the added scenes like the one in the jail were truly unnecessary and uncalled for plus they sort of made the characters themselves out of character. All in all the casting for roles was pleasing and every actor did a rather decent job portraying the devastation that was occurring within the town. Seeing the movie did help gain a better understanding of the story since the text could be quite difficult to decipher at times. Since it was written as a play, seeing it acted out was very fulfilling and was all in all a very successful experience. The movie was pretty well done and didn’t really pull too far away from the truth of the story.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the movie adaption of The Crucible was very faithful to the play, I did notice some differences that changed my perspective of a few details. In the play, Proctor and Abigail's relationship seemed more distant, like it had happened a long time before the play took place. In both the movie and the play, it was clear that Proctor was trying to redeem himself, but in the movie, it looked to me that his affair was more recent. In the play, it seemed that he was trying to clear his name from something that had happened a while ago, and he had already spent some time trying to reclaim his honor. In the movie, there were more scenes with Abigail and Proctor together, and you could see how much Abigail still cared for him. When Proctor was in jail and Abigail tried to convince him to leave with her, it was obvious that she loved him, and that all she had wanted to do was be with him.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the movie did a great job of visually portraying “The Crucible”. The movie made the book seem very realistic and it brought many of the scenes to life. The book contained a lot of material and may have been hard to read for some, and I believe the movie really cleared up some of the confusion for these readers. I felt like the main scenes, such as when the girls pretend to see the bird, were dramatized especially well. I also thought that the actors all played there characters very well except I was a little disappointed in the character of Abigail. I just expected Abigail to be an angrier person that cared more about herself than anyone else. I overall really liked the movie but there is just something about the book that makes me like it more than the movie. The ending of the movie and play really aggravated me because I wanted the truth to come out and for there to be some justice. Instead of that happening, the innocent lives of Martha Corey, John Proctor, and Rebecca Nurse were taken. This ending just didn’t seem right to me. I wish they had gotten the people to turn on the corrupt court and then there could be a rebellion. The ending was just too sad for me. I thought the ending was bad but I still really enjoyed the play.
ReplyDeleteI found that the movie had a few differences compared to the play itself. Though I think it helped to see what the play was supposed to be like, there were some extra scenes added that weren't in the play. For one, the scene where Abigail and Proctor were in the woods and Abigail accused Elizabeth of biting her, that scene was not in the play. I felt that scene a little bit unnecessary because it seemed Abigail was "jumping the gun" in accusing Elizabeth so heavily. I also felt the movie went a little too fast in the time framing, it seemed that in what seemed like one day in the movie was actually maybe ten days, that came to become a little confusing. For example when the children were in Paris's house accusing Sarah Osborn, then two or three scenes later, Elizabeth told Proctor that fourteen more people had been accused. I also felt that the acting of the girls made it a little to obvious that they were lying. Especially Abigail who I thought didn't do the best acting job. However, even with all the flaws in the movie, it did help clear up some confusions with the plot to the play.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the movie and felt it dramatized the play well. I liked Winona Ryder as Abigail, although I pictured her differently, and I thought Daniel Day Lewis was perfectly cast for John Proctor. Parts that frustrated me included when Abigail came to John's cell offering to pay the guard to let him free, and the part when Danforth tells Abigail she is not seeing Hale's wife in the night. If he knows Abigail is a liar, why is she letting her get away with what could be considered mass murder?! It confuses and frustrates me, but I forgive those scenes because I was satisfied with the rest of the movie. It also clarified a lot of the play for me, seeing it acted out. Plays aren't supposed to be read, they are supposed to be performed, and I find they always make much more sense that way. I liked both reading the play and watching the movie. I approve.
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ReplyDeleteThe Crucible for me was an all around great play. It showed how corrupt of a time it was in early Salem. The ending of the play though was not as I had pictured. One thing that really blew me away is when Abigail left Salem and fled to Boston. That surprised me because all she has ever wanted was to be with John Proctor. She went to such lengths so that there may be a chance of her and John. But, in the end to get Mary Warren on her side, she ends up having to kill John. So at the end of the day The Crucible's ending wasn't what I planned, but it did have some justice to it. My experience of the play was good, but not the best play that I have ever read. John Proctors death made the book, if he didn't die the book really wouldn't have any justice to it.
ReplyDeleteThe Crucible as a whole I thought was better than most books we read during school. I am a very realistic thinking person and enjoy things that are based off something true and historically related. I have also been very fascinated over the Salem Witch trials since I was younger and this book helped to explain many of my questions and also furthermore extended my curiosity towards the subject. But still my biggest question is how were these people, especially those on the committee of the court so stupid, they are supposed to be the people of higher education and they become completely hypnotized by the false and not even believable accusations of a bunch of little girls. The book all together I thought showed many areas of strength and showed that there are people who would rather die than be unfaithful to themselves. I enjoyed the book and thought it provided many opportunities for discussion in class and made it easier to understand and enjoy.
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