The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Plays)

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Summary: One Cool Book, and it's not only for English Honor kids
Review: At first I read this play because it's on the recommended reading list of English Honor, but dain this is good stuff. I hate it that most of the other high schoolers are gonna miss this great piece of work. Since then I read almost all of Miller's plays and they are all good if not fantastic. Miller brings humanity and morality to literature, and makes it interesting and exciting at the same time. I guess that's why he's great.

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Summary: WONDERFUL!
Review: THE CRUCIBLE is a classic. That's probably the best thing you can say for any play or book. It's survived through the years and remained popular and widely read. Material from it is used in acting classes and workshops. (I know - I did a monologue from it!) The characters are absolutely marvelous. They all have strong motives and reasons for what they are doing - even Abigail. Every minute of the play keeps you engrossed, for even though you know what must happen in the end, you see so many ways out of it, and keep hoping that the characters will, too. But they're all caught in a trap, and there's no getting out once they're all in. A must-read for any student, but ESPECIALLY acting students, and also aspiring playwrights. (I'm in eighth grade and loved it, so try it! It may not be Animorphs, but variety is the spice of life.)

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Summary: renee's review of the crucible
Review: This was a good. I think this because it was talking about real life, and what happened to the people that didn't confess that were accused. It showed the truth about how the witch hunts went and how the accused people got treated. Abigail Williams was very inconsiderate of others. She just was saying the lies so she wouldn't get in trouble. No one was listening to all the sides of the stories and so later if they found out that they were not witches they wouldn't care. So if they were to listen so many people wouldn't have been in jail. Also the characters were brave especially the one's that were punished. Thamas Putnam was very selfish in how he wanted the land for himself. I think he should have gotten hung, but not for witch craft but for killing for no good reason, but to help himself and his money. Also when the girls just started to yell out names everyone believed them. I couldn't believe the judges believed the girls when they were acting like they were getting witch craft fellings from Mary Warren. The judges were just believing anything that was brought to him that involved witch craft. Rev. Hale I thought acted very well and was trying to stay within what God thinks is right.

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Summary: This book is VERY good!
Review: I enjoyed reading this book so much! It has a really important message and the plot really holds your attention.The end is great! I really admire John Proctor for what he did. The whole book he is struggling to forgive himself for what he did. I feel he finally makes his peace with God, his wife, and everyone when he makes the discision he does at the end. The author does a wonderful job of making you really love or hate certain characters. I think the most important theme in this book is the affects of "guilty until proven innocent". This is awesome book! I really recommend reading it!

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Summary: All Around Excellent Book
Review: "The Crucible" is an excellent book that portrayed the Mc Carthy hearings, as well as the actual witch hunts. Arthur Miller provided the readers with the actual pain that went on through these times. Most people don't realize how horrible everything was. "The Crucible" brings up many important points such as "Why would the innocent be hung if they didn't confess-for something they didn't do?" It showed how unfair and unlogical people were. The book was great because it left you with not quite enough information to know the whole story. For instance, you never really find out what exactly happened in the woods or what the actual story behind the poppet is. It leaves you wondering and deciding what you think really happened. The decision John Proctor made at the end was, in my opinion, the right one. It was tough, especially with it's consequences. But, eventually you must realize it was actually for the better. Abigal Williams was a character that frustrated me. Moreso, the people around Abigal frustrated me. She was so evil on the inside. Everything about her, her motives, her goals, her values, were incredibly wrong. All of these bad things went on inside of her. Her outside appearance was quite different and false. Most people in the book made her out to be a sweet, innocent child. If they had seen the real Abigal, the trials would have gone quite differently. Overall, I loved the book. I definately recommend the book to anyone in eighth grade or older. As an eighth grader, I was still able to enjoy and understand it.

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Summary: On the subject of symbolism in 'The Crucible'
Review: I enjoyed this play very much. Although historically relevant to the salem witch trials in my opinion this play's meaning had little to do with them. What I see Miller focusing on is more the symbolism of the events transpiring within and their relation to modern events (e.g. The Mcarthy Trials). While portraying what happened in Salem during that era, what Miller is focusing on and what he try's to inform you he is focusing on is how he feels it relates to the times in which he lived. Not as a historical account, but dealing with the act's of propoganda, lie's, and how gullible people are to be drawn into a web of deceit such as portrayed within the play

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Summary: A great book filled with dishonor and spite.
Review: The Crucible was an interesting book that comes out in the end. Once you pick it up you won't be able to put it down.

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Summary: Very Actionated
Review: I enjoyed this book, especially since it was in play form was also very exciting. I would most definitely suggest this book to friends, family, as well as neighbors.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book actually kept me partly interested... I usually pick up a book then it is boring in the begining and I end up forgetting about it... But this book kept me interested the whole time... Just to say I got extra credit for the awsome project I did on Abigail and the book was so good that I actuallly made an effort to do extra credit.

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Summary: This is the best play I have ever read.
Review: This book is well written with a lot of history on the Salem Witch Trials. I will read it again anytime.