Aimed at students of GCSE English, this text offers ideas and material to support a class reading of'The Crucible'. It establishes the characters and main issues.
Typescript, updated 5/12/16. Heavily marked with colored ink by videographer. Used by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive on July 15, 2016, when videorecording the...
Contains sample context responses from students writing on the context "Encountering Conflict" and drawing on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" as a source of ideas.
This Student Edition of The Crucible is perfect for students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to Miller's classic play.
But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.
A play revealing the Salem witch trials of the late seventeenth century and the problem of guilt by association.
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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.
Tale about the Puritan witch trials in the late 1600's Salem (Massachusetts), and how this historical play's lessons apply to contemporary society.
Set during the Salem witch trials, this play has strong contemporary interest exploring guilt by association.
The Crucible
But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.
But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.
The Language of the Play Arthur Miller's starting - point for the story of the witches of Salem was the actual court records of the time in which the evidence of the witnesses and all the court proceedings are minutely transcribed .
Miller felt that this production was too stylized and cold and the reviews for it were largely hostile (although The New York Times noted "a powerful play in a driving performance").
The crucible: a play in four acts
The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false ...
This Student Edition of The Crucible is perfect for students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to Miller's classic play.
Arthur Miller's classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in 17th century Salem is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors...