The Return of Hysteria

However, when Abigail witnessed Tituba admitting the relationship with Satan, she apprehend that she has the power to condemn anyone, and subsequently she says in the big screen “I am but God's finger!” For this reason, Abigail began to launch her vengeance on Elizabeth, her lover John Proctor’s wife.

As the movie progresses, the use of unconventional cinema filming techniques are brought into action. For example: John proctor confessed the adulteration he had with Abigail to Elizabeth. The viewers of the movie observed the struggle of john with his conscious when the camera looks down the long table at him. The close-up shots are use when the two begin to discuss about their former servant Abigail. The physical distance between John and Elizabeth establishes the emotion distance of them two. This physical sensation from the movie greatly adapts the tension when perceiving the play. Furthermore, the director uses military sound tracts to highlight the importance Danforth arrival. This establishes his significance and association with power and order.

The regection from John in the woods made Abigail supplementary destructive. This is an added scene of a private meeting between John and Abigail in the movie. The director delineates how lust could boost the sexually knowledgeable and sexually aggressiveness of a young

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The main character John Proctor played by Daniel-Day Lewis is delineated as a tragic hero in the film. He is a good man but has an affair with his previous servant, Abigail. In the beginning of the movie John struggles with his own conscious, but eventually found purification. The incendiary acting by Lewis terrifically portrays the ionic relationship between Abigail and Elizabeth.

Abigail Williams played by Winona Ryder brings the character to life. Ryder’s facial expression portrays the motives and evilness distinctly. This then position the audience to see how a straightforward affair could cause such devastating tragedy in the community.

In conclusion, Director, Nicolas Hytner has succesfully fore grounded the central themes in the play which was later adapted to the film. Themes such as, social injustice, hysteria, reputation, and internal and external righteousness was effectively converted to the big screen. This form of film has been a long coming for Hollywood. Without doubt, by any criteria, this movie is a much watch.

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(“The Crucible” directed by Nicholas Hytner)