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Summary: Just The Crucible!
Review: The Crucible is a book that we are reading in my class these days. I had been waiting for the book to reach my hands since the day the teacher agreed on reading this book as a class syllabus. It was a long wait for me before the book reached my hands.I was mainly interested in the witch craft. The day I got it I promised myself that I will read the whole book in the night before I got to sleep.Well it took me two nights instead to finish the book. But I was and still am very facinated by the book. I even managed to write a poem on the book.Mainly about John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail.The love story between them. It is very suprising that a group of young teenaged girls could be so effective in conspiring again the prominent figures of the Salem Village and be responsible for their crucification. The Crucible is a great book and very thought provoking.I was once haunted by the book in the night when I thought that I could hear something tapping on my window.Actually the book has nothing to do with real witches but it is all about the evil people. I guess I am running out of my word limits here.
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Summary: Take it from someone who is perfoming in it...........
Review: At the moment I am a high school student and I am perfoming this playwrite in a production. I must say, that when I read it for the first time before we started to rehearse, I didn't think to much of it. I finished i in two nights, but I didn't see what was so increadibly special about it. There is a witch trial, some people get hanged and a guy talks to his wife a lot. It wasn't until I started seeing it 3-4 times a week and really discussing my character (John Hale) and seeing other people disscus theirs, I realized how much was in this book. If you think carefully, you realize that there is not a single unimportant sentence in the whole thing. There are so many little things that come out when reading it for the second or third time, that this bok becomes so much more than at first expected. All in all, I recommend this book. If you liked it the first time around, I say read it again, it only gets better.
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Summary: The Crucible: A must not- read
Review: The Crucible is a book about a parish and community inSalem,Mass. during the Salem witch trials. I thought that it was verydry and uninteresting. It also had no definite conclusion and was very long. END
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Summary: the review
Review: I think that "The Crucible" is a good book. It was a bit hard for me to follow because of the type of text used (middle english). I really got into the book though because of the suspence and all of the surprises and twists that Miller wrote.
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Summary: Pretty good.
Review: Like so many others, I can never enjoy a novel or play if it is being forced down my throat, I am set to hate anything the school offers me. (Except for To Kill a Mockingbird, that was a brilliant choice on the Board of Education's part.) I found that however negative my attitude to school books was, it disappeared throughout this play. It was not close to the best play ever written (especially when it has Shakespeare as it's competition) but it was nevertheless, ultimately very entertaining in watching war movie kind of way. You cannot comprehend what is occuring, yet you cannot tear your eyes away from the truth. (Or part of the truth.) The characters annoy every facet of my mind, with the selfish Abagail, the (what must be pedophilic) John Protor and of course the Preist Parris. How could I forget. I imagine this would be a very powerful play to see, although it is not great, it is still relatively entertaining and worth the read. I suggest you avoid the tape, because whilst I will agree Titaba's voice is highly entertaining, the tape is a very boring piece of listening.
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Summary: Pretty good for required reading...
Review: I first read this play in 10th grade. It has a very serious tone as it deals with witchcraft and how people can be manipulated when dealing with such subject type. It really has a lot to do with what horror can overcome people during a time like the Salem Witch Trials, and how the even the innocent could have fingers pointed at them. If you've ever heard an audio version of this play, the best line has to be "No haaaaang Tituba!" (Sorry, fond memories of an english teacher's imitation of this scene.)
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Summary: Beautiful Work!
Review: This is the first play by Arthur Miller I have read, and I inquired into mostly because of my interest with Witchcraft and the Salem trials. A wonderful play that shows the hypocrisy of a town threatened by purported withcraft. The cried of "witch" by anyone in this town aroused and scared everyone. The lead characters Abagail Williams along with Reverend Parris and John Proctor. I will not give any story here, for you should read it and be surprised and amazed. Nonetheless, the story lets one wonder how such a town and belief in the Bible (more so than God) can lead to such havok. The laws are simple: 1) You are not a witch until someone points the finger at you. 2) You can deny these charges, but you will be hung. 3) If you confess you are a witch, then the sentence is jail. 4) If you do not believe in withcraft you will be hung. These were the beliefs of the time, and it is demonstrated in this marvelous play. Arthur Miller tells an exciting story based on history (although he says its not literal history for there were some need for dramatic purpose), of a time when things were simple in America and Massachusettes, yet like all towns in the world, there is always something brewing in the minds of the good who want to banish evil from their homes. Highly reccomended!
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Summary: Would be an excellent play to see.
Review: Ultimately, we never enjoy novels or plays we are forced to read as much as free choice reading selections. However, I was pleasantly surprised with my school's decision to do a reading of 'The Crucible.' With the exception of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', it would have to be one of their better choices. 'The Crucible' is cruel and frustrating, but is certainly a book that teaches us much about this period of time in this area of America. It has to contain some of the most hypocritical characters in a written piece I have ever encountered. My frustration and dislike for Abigail, mounted steadily to a growing hate at the close of the play. I feel that whilst this was not close to a perfect play, and occasionally frustrated me with it's consistancy, it is both informative and relatively entertaining. A somewhat short read, which I am sure would be marvellous to see as a play.
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Summary: magnifica obra de doble sentido
Review: esta obra de arthur miller demuestra gran ingenio de su parte, ya que combina un tema antiguo e historico como fue la cazeria de brujas del poblado de salem, hecho que se recuenta en la letra escarlata de hawthorne aunque no directamente y lo une con un hecho presente, la cazeria politica que se vivia cuando se escribio la obra es interesante,porque combina un tema politico con la persecucion religiosa y las mentiras que se tejen alrededor de reputaciones con el fin de terminar con un supuesto enemigo que solo esta en las mentes de los perseguidores. Luis Mendez
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Summary: Best play I've read in years!
Review: I absolutley loved this play. I recently re-read it and it was incredible. It's not very long, and it is definitly something everyone should read. You feel like your at the trials, and you can just see the wretched abigail.. Buy it, borrow it, get it from the library. just read the play.
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