The Crucible: Burn the Witch

In the following paragraphs I am going to show how Hollywood portrays the Salem Witch Trails and the 1690’s compared with what actual happened in history and that in the film “The Crucible”. During the winter of 1691 and 1692 Salem Village had a mass hysteria over the possibility of witchcraft in their village. The movie shows this was brought on after Reverend Parris discovered some girls dancing in the woods. A black slave known as Tituba …

…escaped after being arrested. Even though the movie gives the impression on how many innocent people suffered it did not follow history correctly. The film was most likely changed to make the film shorter with more action in one scene or to spruce up the love story involved in the movie. Sources Grolier’s Encyclopedia 1999 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/3085