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The Changes In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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Daisy Guzman Mr.Glorfield English 11A 16 December 2022 Changes The crucible by playwright Arthur Miller had many changes added, however were these changes necessary? They absolutely were necessary because they captivated the reader by making things more interesting. Related to events occurring at the time that were important. And helped form a tellable story. To recap the changes made in the crucible were necessary because they captivated the reader, related to occurring at the time, and helped form a tellable story. The crucible needed changes to captivate the reader. Some changes such as the romance between Abigal and Procter were added to make the play more interesting to modern audiences. If there had been no romance, there …show more content…

The crucible was written during the red scare when the U.S. feared communism many were questioned and imprisoned based on them being communist spies or supporters. Arthur Miller himself was questioned and imprisoned based on him being a supporter of communism. This changed and altered the way he wrote the play to give notice to the situation around him. For example, Hale left and only later came back to help the convicted. This represents all the people who questioned the situation around them but did nothing to help. Abigail was one of the antagonists of the crucible, she does many awful things such as threats and with the help of the other girls ruins many lives. She and the girls represent Mcarthy and his team who ruined many lives and were very harsh in their strategies and investigations. Finally, the whole of the people doing cruel and insane things due to fear, and the exact same thing occurring during the red scare where neighbors would call the authorities on each other and such. The red scare and crucible are very similar in how things are handled, and many are on …show more content…

The Salem witch trials is an interesting event but not very tellable as a play. The first example is somewhat for a tellable story, but more for the time it was written. In real life Procter was 60 and Abigail was only 11 this would be very unpalatable to the audiences, so it was changed to a much smaller age gap. Also, to not confuse Ann Putnam jr. with her mom Ann Putnam sr. he changed her first name to ruth. He also changed John Procter's life to make him more likable as the protagonist by changing the fact that Elizabeth was his third wife not his first as well as that his sons were older 17 and 33, he also had a 15-year-old daughter. These changes helped make the story clearer and

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