It has been quite a while since I have experience such serious suspense in a movie as this provides. The thought-provoking play has produced a nearly flawless film, which is able to combine romance, suspense, comedy, and much more into one outstanding work of film. The main theme of the movie is arguable, but for me, The Crucible is about love of power and deceit in a paranoid society. The Crucible begins with a shocking portrayal of the event which set all the trials into motion. A group of Salem's female children gather in the woods.
Witchcraft is suspected as the cause.
As all the girls know, if you deny witchcraft, you are hanged. Abigail begins to emerge as the leader of this group, and when she witnesses Tituba admitting that she was under the control of Satan, she realizes that she has the power to condemn anyone she wants. Of course, this power is an undeniably strong and almost erotic sensation. As Abigail now encompasses this power, she knows exactly what she wants to do. She cries out and admits that she is under the control of Satan.