Betrayal, hysteria, intolerance and death are all themes portrayed through out the movie adaptation of The Crucible. Converted from a play to movie by director Nicholas Hytner and released in 1997 The Crucible has continued to interest teenagers due to its witchcraft content and it's setting in Salem. Through out the production of this movie (as mentioned in the opening statement) Betrayal, hysteria, intolerance, persecution, repression and death are major themes in the movie. Hysteria is evident and communicated almost entirely through the movie.
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