Plays and novels these days constantly have movie remakes. The Crucible by Arthur Miller had a film produced for it in 1996 which was forty-four years after the play was written. The film itself is extremely similar to the play besides the fact that minor changes occurred.
Between the film and the play, there are slight differences made by the screenwriters and the playwright himself. For example in the play, it states that John Proctor “goes directly to her and grabs her by the cloak…” John Proctor is furious at Mary Warden because she is disobeying his orders, but she doesn’t seem to mind him pulling on her cloak because she is still pretending to be affected by the imaginary spirits. It is likely that she follows Abigail’s lead in order …show more content…
For instance, the setting of the first scene for both is in “A small upper bedroom in the home of Samuel Parris…” The settings should be the same in order for the plot to make sense and correctly fit together. If the scene took place in someone else’s house because Betty is Parris’ daughter. Since Betty is discovered to be unconscious in the morning, it would make sense that she is asleep in her own room. There is also the important scene between Abby and Proctor, and Abby says “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” This quote hints at the past affair between them. Proctor believes that their relationship belongs in the past and tries to put the incident behind him. Abby, on the other hand, thinks that she will be able to be with him and obviously has no closure, as the quote makes clear. The film is relatively close to the story line in the play considering that the film took place more than forty years after the play was written, and people had different types of view by that time.
Most people think that movies made for original works will be a horrible decision, but there are special cases such as the remake of The Crucible. In conclusion, just because plays have movies that are made for them, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s going to be totally different from the