false 17250 60 "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote of his classic play about the witch hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, <i>The Crucible</i> is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's "witch hunts" in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing "Political opposition...is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence." 1426723 book 1953 The Crucible total:23698|5:4117|4:8067|3:8033|2:2757|1:724| 23698 83190 27655 978 5 7 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Tue Dec 09 16:09:47 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 01 01:25:44 -0700 2009
The focus of the story is John Proctor's struggle to redeem himself from the horrible guilt he has suffe...more...]]> 3 4 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:30:55 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 16:37:05 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 19:04:51 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 08:23:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 07:59:07 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 08:10:00 -0700 2007 Miller set the piece in Salem, MA during the infamous 1692 witch trials.
The play itself is divided into four acts and features the struggles individual villagers face as they are...more...]]> 0 2 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 21 15:01:35 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 18:03:20 -0700 2008 The Crucible Review
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Have you ever felt a feeling that you have felt before? At Massachusetts, Salem at the year of 16...more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Mar 31 23:03:27 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 23:12:00 -0700 2009
Dreyer was raised in a strict Lutheran home and he understood spiritual fervor. All of his immortal movies deal with religious feeling in some way.

Sham Hack Miller writes about...more...]]> 0 2 false false Thu Dec 04 12:02:45 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:06:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 11 13:26:47 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 17:46:48 -0700 2008 seeing this play preformed is ultimately and unequivocally more rewarding than reading it from a book. The emotions of the actors on stage (I saw it on stage before I read it and long before it was made into a movie) brings the words to life.

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So, Arthur Miller allegedly wrote this in response to the McCarthy era, which we all know was the witch hunt of the 1950s. And, instead of setting it in the 1950s, he set his play in the time of ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Fri Apr 11 12:23:27 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 12:30:45 -0700 2008
It started my love affair with Arthur Miller (eventually derailed by Mr. Peters' Connections...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat May 16 19:53:59 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 19:53:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Mar 22 08:26:10 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 09:14:21 -0700 2009 VOYA Evaluation Code: 5Q; 4P

A) Pre-Reading/Anticipatory Thoughts
I am excited to read The Crucible again. I haven't read this text since American Literature in 11th grade. To be honest, this was the only book that I actually read when I was in high school. I remember it was appealin...more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 20:36:45 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 21:06:24 -0800 2009 The Crucible, I thought, was a decent play overall. It was not anything spectacular like Jurassi...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jul 04 22:12:06 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 23:31:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false true Fri Oct 09 16:30:03 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 16:39:12 -0700 2009
I really did enjoy the character development; I have to say that in Act I, I actually liked Abigail but not ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed May 20 12:54:31 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:23:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon May 18 17:49:52 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:11:08 -0700 2009 more...]]>