In the movie The Witch, religion is the forefront of the film. The Puritan family is kicked out of their village for having different religious beliefs from the rest of the people. From that point on, they experience supernatural things including devil and witch related acts. Some of the scenes of witchcraft really scared me. I was not ready for the horror. I didn’t want to read or watch anything of the movie beforehand. I wanted a true experience of the film. I have a feeling that ever since they were exiled from the village that bad things were going to happen as if it was their punishment. The oldest daughter, Thomasin, becomes a witch at the end of the movie and it makes me think that she was destined to be one. I was surprised that the black goat was the leader of the witch coven and he is the devil, but it all made sense when it was revealed at the end of the movie. Although the movie was creepy at points, it does a good job of representing people’s beliefs of witchcraft during 17thCentury in America.
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