1. The Crucible: movie vs. play
The Crucible: movie vs. play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a modern tragedy about the Salem Witchcraft trials in 1692. ... Although Miller may have intended Proctor to be seen as a Jesus figure in the last act of the play, the movie carries this analogy farther. ... Both fear and pity are further achieved in the new ending; pity for the innocent witches and fear of the occurrence of another hysteria, specifically the hysteria of the McCarthy trials, as Miller intended. ...
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