this is a great book

Brian Lee
Grade 10
November 3, 2003
Film Review

The Crucible: Film Review

¡°Truth is stranger than fiction¡±

The saying ¡°Truth is stranger than fiction¡± is perfectly elucidated in the movie The Crucible by Nicolas Hytner. The horrid Salem witch trial shows how a factual based event is more terrifying than any fictional story could be. Certainly envisioning a group of 14-year-old girls accusing adults and elders for witchcraft and persuading the court to execute them is extremely hard to believe. However, the gruesome witch trials the film is based on are a true tragedy.

The Crucible is primarily based on the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts during 1692. It is about the massive hysteria and confusion caused by the accusations a group of teenage girls make. The most vocal of the ¡°afflicted¡± girls, Abigail Williams, is motivated by misguided love for John Proctor and starts accusing innocent citizens of Salem. The entire community gets in...