Is reality important in the play? Or is reality not needed to get the point across?
-Joanne
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Omitted Scene
If the omitted scene of The Crucible were not omitted, the play would have been more realistic. The scene can explain the girls' strange behaviors when they faced Proctor and Mary Warren, since Proctor visited Abigail the night before and told her what he was going to do. This gave Abigail a chance to prepare for Proctor's accusation toward her and she probably planned the show with the girls. This scene can explain the odd behaviors of the girls and make the play more realistic, but why was it omitted?
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Isn't the whole story about the absence of reality? People were accused of being witches although we all know that witches aren't real. The evidence the girls gave was also not real, being just screams and supposed hallucinations.
ReplyDelete-Audrey
I think the scene was probably omitted because it seemed extraneous to the author and he thought that the point got across without it. However, it clearly wasn't a decision he was confident about and many people have decided to include it. I think that reality is important to the play. If everything in the play, seems real and belivable it sucks the audience more into the story. While unrealistic events in a semi-historical play, make the audience question the whole worth of the play and they get less out of it.
ReplyDelete~Becca
I agree with Becca. I think that the addition of the extra scene only helps to get the overall point of the play across. The most striking thing about "The Crucible" is its base in reality- the idea that this witch-hunt mentality never seems to fade. With the additional scene, this point is really driven home.
ReplyDelete-Tara
In the end, I think the extra scene, while an interesting addition to the play, is not necessary to getting Miller's point across. Overall, The Crucible is a play about the "witch hunt", and I don't think Proctor's meeting with Abigail is absolutely necessary to driving this point home. Therefore, even though I enjoyed the added scene, I don't think it plays an integral part in establishing the point of the play.
ReplyDelete-Bryce c.
The extra scene gives more insight into the characters of Abigail and Proctor, and some (fictional) insight into the gender roles of the time period. But overall, I agree with Bryce; the scene isn't necessary to driving the point of the novel home. -- tori
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