The Crucible Movie Viewing Guide

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The Crucible Movie Viewing Guide

1. How is the first scene in the film different than the first scene in the play?

1. What does Abigail tell her uncle Parris about what happened in the forest?

1. How is the John Proctor and Abigail Williams movie scene different than the play version?

1. Hale says, “you can save yourself if you tell me who it was. “ Why does Abigail call out Tituba?

1. According to Elizabeth Proctor, how many people have been brought to the jail and suffer hanging if they don’t confess?

1. Does Martha Corey believe the girls when they faint in the court?

1. What news does Mary Warren bring to the Proctors?

1. Where does Proctor meet Abigail? What does he tell her?

1. Why does Rev. Hale ask the Proctors several questions?

1. Why does Cheever come to Proctors’ house?

1. Who is on trial and being questioned about predicting pigs will die?

1. What is John Proctor’s motivation for bringing Mary Warren in to confess?

1. What does Mary Warren swear in a deposition that John Proctor gives Judge Danforth?

1. What will happen to Mary Warren if she is found to be lying?

1. What does the court ask Mary Warren to do?

1. How does John Proctor treat Mary Warren during their time in the court?

1. What does John Proctor call Abigail Williams? How does he attempt to prove this to the court?

1. Who do they bring into question if John Proctor’s confession is found true?

1. Does Goody Proctor confess to John’s affair with Abigail?

1. Who does Abigail and the other girls claim they see in the rafters?

1. What was the point of having the girls run into the water—what did is show about their character?

1. Who does Judge Danforth say John Proctor is getting his “powers” from?

1. What does John scream when he’s in the water?

1. What happens to the group of people accused of witchcraft?

1. What is the crowd’s reaction?

1. What happens to Giles Corey?

1. Does he repent/confess?

1. Who sees Abigail Williams at John Proctor’s house?

1. Who does Abigail Williams claim to see by her bed at night?

1. Why does Abigail Williams go to see John Proctor in jail?

1. Where does John Proctor tell Abigail Williams he will meet her?

1. What happens to Abigail Williams?

1. Who does Revered Parris attempt to keep from being hanged?

1. What does Reverend Hale beg Elizabeth Proctor to do?

1. What happens to John and Elizabeth Proctor’s relationship when they are talking by the sea?

1. What does John Proctor confess?

1. Why won’t John Proctor allow his confession to be nailed to the church door?

1. What is John Proctor so passionate about preserving?

1. What happens to John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey?

1. What do they recite before they are hanged? What is significant about this?