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Is contained inThe Crucible and Related Readings by Arthur Miller Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 by John Gassner 50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 4 by Clive Barnes Contemporary Drama: 15 Plays by E. Bradlee Watson Miller Plays 1: All My Sons / Death of a Salesman / The Crucible / A Memory of Two Mondays / A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Arthur Miller: Collected Plays 1944-1961 (Library of America) by Arthur Miller Has the adaptationHas as a student's study guideCliffsNotes on Miller's The Crucible by Cliffs Notes Editors The Crucible - Arthur Miller (Sparknotes) by Ross Douthat York Notes for GCSE: THE CRUCIBLE / Arthur Miller by David Langston Arthur Miller's the Crucible (Barron's Book Notes) by William Bly Has as a teacher's guide
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0142437336, Paperback)Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:08:08 -0400) "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 in an introduction to The Crucible, 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, The Crucible 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 meets with diabolical malevolence."… (more) |
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This story was quite good. I live in Massachusetts, and enjoyed visiting Salem and learning about the witch trials. I shook my head several times reading this book - did these adults really take the word of these children over well respected men and women in the town? If these adults confessed - they were let go. If they didn't confess - even though they weren't guilty, they were hanged. Huh? Madness. Many women and men died because they were accused and tried in court for witchcraft, and they were hanged even if they were innocent. Incredible.
I recommend this book. It was well written, and flowed nicely, and the story was easy to read. Check it out. (