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The Crucible
The Crucible
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May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013

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Jules
Jun 28, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I grew up in Massachusetts, and had to read this play repeatedly for school. As a critique of the McCarthy era, meh .. witchcraft is imaginary, blacklisting isn't the same as hanging, et cetera. But this is actually a very good play, and it does have valid analogues in history. I'm re-reading it this year, because my son is reading it for school. What it reminds me of is not the McCarthy era but of those awful sex-abuse cases from the 80s and 90s, when daycare providers were accused (based on fa ...more
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More terrifying than any horror I've ever read. ...more
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