The Crucible: A Film Review Who'd have thought that simple dancing could cause so much chaos in a small town. This is precisely what happens in the film The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, 1996), which was originally written as a play by Arthur Miller. This story is based on actual events, which helps in showing the accuracy of the events. The story takes place in Salem in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. The story starts when a …showed first 75 words of 1147 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1147 total…age feel that the Salem witch trials never should have happened, the Puritans felt as though they had good reason to hold them. This is easily shown in the film The Crucible. Their actions were a result of their strong fear, prejudice, ideology, judgments, and the belief in evil and the Devil. This film is historically accurate in portraying these feelings, as we can look back in history and see parallels relating to these feelings.