On the Waterfront and The Crucible essays

On the Waterfront and The Crucible essays Almost everyone is familiar with the Salem witch trials and how the people with no land had a grudge against the people with land so they accused everyone on the side where the land was as a witch. Also people are familiar with "On the Waterfront," where poor people are controlled by a big mob and can do whatever they want. These two plays/films were directed by two of the best directors of all time who were Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan. They were once best friends but torn apart by different beliefs. When Elia Kazan testified and gave the names of people who associated with the Communist party Arthur Miller, which was one who was with the Communist came used the Salem witch trials and created a movie/play called "The Crucible" resembling Elia and all others who testified for giving names. In return Elia Kazan directed the movie On the Waterfront showing that people need to the truth for the benefit of others. In Elia Kazan's movie, "On the Waterfront," he uses a more realistic set in the Great Depression time which gives you a non fiction feeling, while in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" he uses a setting that dates off way back in the Puritans days which gives it more of a fiction feeling. "On the Waterfront" uses a mob as the higher authority of the town while in "The Crucible" the more religious and rich are the ones being accused of being witches. They both uses opposite sides of authority such as a mob which would more likely be running and hiding around but instead the run the town, and in "The Crucible" the poor have all the authority of the rich and accuse them. Each of the movies has characters that relate such as the reverend in both movies and also the people who control the town like the mob and Abby with the girls. The mob can just "knock" anyone out of their town and they won't get in trouble with the law while Abby can just point out a witch and have the whole town agree w ith her and have them hanged. Both the mob and...