"The Crucible"

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The paper shows that the movie, "The Crucible" was derived entirely from the book entitled, "Salem Possessed: the Social Origins of Witchcraft" by Paul S. Boyer, with only a few differences, owing to technical limitations in movie production. The paper compares both book and movie and shows how the characters are presented in both.

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"Rather than genuine witchcraft or evil magic, historic researches on these witch trials reveal social, political and economic forces as the motivations behind, and true causes of, the spread of the witch craze in the colonies. For one, Salem Town and Salem Village had distinct occupations: Salem town was in the professions, such as inn-keeping, pottery, sawmill operation and shoemaking and gaining wealth though the then new economic order called capitalism. Salem Village, on the other hand, remained in the farm. The Villagers wanted to have their own church, which was necessary for the break they wanted to have from the Puritans, but which Salem town refused them. The Villages saw the town people grow richer, greedier and less devoted to the community."

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