The Crucible

This was my first time reading this play all the way through; I'd read a portion of it before when in high school drama class, since the one other girl in the class did a scene from this for an assignment and I had to read the other parts. Knowing the background of when and why this play was written (during McCarthyism), as well as some stuff about old views on witchcraft and on witchcraft...more

This was my first time reading this play all the way through; I'd read a portion of it before when in high school drama class, since the one other girl in the class did a scene from this for an assignment and I had to read the other parts. Knowing the background of when and why this play was written (during McCarthyism), as well as some stuff about old views on witchcraft and on witchcraft trials somewhat informed my reading of this play. I found those accusing the girls to be rather harsh, but maybe this was because of their views on witchcraft. I can definitely see how it relates to the McCarthyism going on in Miller's own time. It's definitely a good read, though not a fave.   hide

Read this play in 2hrs was so captivating&a great way to rebel against the Mc Carthy trials of it's era that Miller was subjected to along with the cream of american creative peoples of the time. A shocking true life tale of how a few girls tore a whole community apart through their jealousy&envy in Salam Mass.

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Good play.

Throughout the play characters express their inner abhorrence for each other by punishing whom they personally dislike. All failures in humankind are formed on the basis of hatred that is kept for others. This hatred however is caused by the lack of humanity, education and true faith in a society. To correct these flaws all must try to expose them quickly, for these flaws are fueled from...more

Throughout the play characters express their inner abhorrence for each other by punishing whom they personally dislike. All failures in humankind are formed on the basis of hatred that is kept for others. This hatred however is caused by the lack of humanity, education and true faith in a society. To correct these flaws all must try to expose them quickly, for these flaws are fueled from misunderstandings and bring out the worst in a society. Hysteria suppresses the little good that each of us can contribute, and makes us live lives of fear and dread. Illiteracy and war are examples of human failings, brought about by the lack of humanity; these failings blind us in their separate ways and cause us to do irrational things. Urged by vengeance, greed, jealousy, ambition, fear and hysteria one can commit deeds of cruelty and adopt cowardice by giving into emotions rather than to fight them.   hide

Great Read

This is probably my favorite play of all time. The interaction between the characters is just beautiful. John Procter and his wife are two of the deepest characters I've ever seen on stage and their discovery of their love for each other is what really makes this show special.

Las brujas de Salem but we changed it to Las brujas que salen, My cousin Xenia was Tituba in the play that they did in el Teatro Presidente a long time ago, I was a child then, not going to school. and we wanted to know were our parents were going and then they told us what they had seen and Xenia was there and el Sr. Harry and la Sra. Eneida. Read the play and found out that even the puritan...more

Las brujas de Salem but we changed it to Las brujas que salen, My cousin Xenia was Tituba in the play that they did in el Teatro Presidente a long time ago, I was a child then, not going to school. and we wanted to know were our parents were going and then they told us what they had seen and Xenia was there and el Sr. Harry and la Sra. Eneida. Read the play and found out that even the puritan governor of Massachusetts was involved in the trial because how could these old biddies have property, it wasn't the costume and this good Christian/Protestant fellow was gong to help them go the way of the Christian martyrs.   hide

The book does its job as a thinly veiled (or not veiled at all) allegory comparing the Salem witch trials to the Red Scare of the 1950's. I found it only slightly relevant to modern life; the only relation the book has to anything other than the trials / the scare themselves is the nature of our compulsion to assign blame and cast outcasts... out. Really not very interesting to me, though it gets...more

The book does its job as a thinly veiled (or not veiled at all) allegory comparing the Salem witch trials to the Red Scare of the 1950's. I found it only slightly relevant to modern life; the only relation the book has to anything other than the trials / the scare themselves is the nature of our compulsion to assign blame and cast outcasts... out. Really not very interesting to me, though it gets its point across. I didn't think it was an especially sophisticated piece of writing, but again it did its job of protesting the anti-communist sentiment of the time it was written.   hide