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Summary: The Complex Characters of "The Crucible
Review: In Harris' "The Crucible", we are introduced to many interesting and complex characters fit in 1692, Salem. The antagonist, Reverend Parris, is a selfish, power-hungry, father and preacher. He shows his evil ways by using his status as a respected preacher, going around accusing any person who challenges his power. Another great character is the protagonist, John Proctor. A simple, heathen, farmer, he leads the revolt against the leaders of Salem, Reverend Parris and Judge Hawthorne. He saves the day by being martyred for his determination and morals, to save the women of Salem. The farmer is not an avid churchgoer he is accused by Parris, of course, of dealing with the devil. The other minor characters are the Abigail and Goody Putnam. The conniving Abigail plays little ms. innocent who at the start is perceived as a girl who was corrupted by Tituba. However in actuality, Abigail is the leader and instigator, who has a black name in the town because of her titillating encounters with John Proctor. The characters in "The Crucible" make this social drama a great one. It displays all the great characters: the antagonist, the protagonist, and the complex characters.
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Summary: i wrote this when i was sick...dont be too harsh please...
Review: Arhtur Miller's "The Crucible" is a masterful work in its representation of the horrific time period in early-American colonial history during the 17th-century when the Salem witch trials were taking place. As well as doing the aforementioned within his play, it presents a stunning metaphor for a time period in which America was plunged into the communism scare by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy. Accusations were hurled both in Salem and in the McCarthy-era and a "disease" of sorts was taking root within these misguided ways. In the case of Salem, those in question were subjected to court proceedings of the most unjust and one-sided ways. The fear of Satan influenced the ways of the Salem population and therefore, all who were suspected of mingling with the Prince of Darkness were executed. In the case of McCarthy, if one failed to conform to the "true" American way, they were immediately suspected of communist ideals and dealings and accusations were further hurled and imprisonment was in line. For one to fully understand the aim of Miller's work, the reader must first understand the time period in which he was writing and the events therein. However, if one would simply desire to get a look into not only a dark side of American history, but a dark side of the human being itself, "The Crucible" depicts both in excellent style and is well worth reading. In the words of Levar Burton though, "...you don't have to take my word for it..." PEACE!
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Summary: Mr. B's Crucible-crazed class...and my take on it...
Review: The Crucible is as twisted a story as any that I've read before. In the late 15th century, Salem, Massachusetts was in the form of a theocracy, which stirred up conflict between government leaders and citizens as well as citizen vs. citizen battles. Witchcraft was the big talk of this play because it played such a huge role in the vast number of trials and executions. When you begin to take in the information of the text, you see that witchcraft became a way that any citizen of Salem could blame their enemies just to have them killed. Several small groups of people (factions) who fought over such topics as land and governmental positions would accuse their opponents of witchcraft and in many cases it would result in imprisonment or death. Examples of battles between two people are Abby and Elizabeth Proctor who fought over John Proctor and Putnam and Francis Nurse, who were in a dispute because Nurse beat out Putnam's brother-in-law to become a member of Salem's ministry. Even though this play may not be historically accurate, it made me realize exactly what was going on in the world 300 years ago and make me appreciate the United States' government today.
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Summary: THE CRUCIBLE, "WHAT A PLAY!!!!"
Review: This play was very titillating, in that the play was very exciting to read, and act out. The play as a whole was very good. I liked how I learned a lot about Salem Mass., and the witchcraft that sappositly happened at that time. My favorite character of the book was Proctor, because he was a ladies man, and stuck up for the town, by saying that he did perform witchcraft, mean while he really did not. The only reason that he did, was because he did not want the whole town to sufure. What it sounded like, was going on in the play, was that everybody was blaming each other for the problem that had occured. People were figthing over land, and about the witch carft thing. Proctor, being the man that he is took part of the blam, to save others. The play as a whole was good. It had some good morals in it, but it was not great. I learned about many things that happaned back then, like how those kinds of people lived, and how they dealed with with thier problems. The way they did that was blame each other. I liked the play, and would recommend it for others to read.
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Summary: The Crucible ......... Grade This 1 Mr. BonKENvich
Review: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller was a powerful peice of literature. Its about which craft in Salem Massachusetts during the 17th century. The two main charactes Proctor and Abigail are too much intertainment for Jerry Springer. Abby had once laid with Proctor. To make things worse Proctor is married Elizabeth. The story dosnt stop there. Abby is telling the town that Elizabeth is a witch. John Proctor is also under suspision. They have trails and so forth.............. Arthur Miller does a great job of summing up the 17th century. New people are coming to America to settle. All the people that come are from different parts of the world with different beleifs. This is how the witch trials started. It starts with one person accusing another because their beleivs are not the "norm". I reccomend this book to any one who is into history or well written literature..... --------Drag
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Summary: Review for Mr. Bonkevich
Review: The Crucible provides the reader with insight on, not 1, but 2 periods of American history. The Crucible blatantly compares the Salem witch trials to the tumultous time of Senator Joe McCarthy's (R-WI) "witch hunt for Communists. Arthur Miller provides a thoughtful play that can relate to his contemporaries within Senator Joe McCarthy and the House's Un-American Activites Commitee. There were heroes in such characters as John Proctor that can relate to the people who refused to cooperate with the commitee, thereby ruining their entire reputation throughout the entire industry. There were also Abigail's who would do anything to wipe their hands clean of Communism, including naming the names of innocent people. The Crucible provides us with an interesting perspective on the Red Scare period of American history.
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Summary: The Crucible-A Three Star Play
Review: This book is a wonderful parallel to the Joe McCarthy trial of the 1900's. For example, if you were associated with someone such as a witch in the Crucible, or a communist in the McCarthy trials, you were pretty much guilty of being a witch or a communist. Strange enough, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible around the time of the Joe McCarthy trials. The Crucible is a story about the Salem witch trials. According to this story, 19 men and women were either lynched, crushed, or suffered to death in jail. This book leads you to believe that the character known as Abigail was the the one who very carefully pinned the blame of witchcraft on everyone else. John Proctor was a man who Abigail titillated and caused Proctor to commit adultry. Through this book, Abigail tries to win Proctor over and get his wife executed for witchcraft. With Witch-Abigails success, Proctor and his wife are in the center of the Salem Witch Trial.
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Summary: The Crucible Review
Review: Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" takes a deep look into some of the ugliest moments in American history. Yes, Miller's melodramatic play depicts the infamous Salem Witch Trials of the late 17th century, but his sheer brilliance lies within the plays almost perfect parallel to McCarthyism of the 1950s. The underlining theme of this play is moderation-take time to thinks things out. Jumping to conclusions too rapidly is always bad. The Salem Witch Trials occurred at a time of ripened hysteria. In the small Massachusetts village, the conditions were just right: both politically unstable and economically itchy. The Massachusetts government was a theocracy with a strict Puritan foundation. It is out of this form of government, that the idea of guilt by association rises to the surface. If people did not follow these austere laws, the state came down hard. The thing was in Salem, one could indict another of witchcraft (if it was true or not), and the victim was guilty until proven innocent. Why would someone do such a thing? Ask Putnam, for land of course. Various other economic reasons played part in who was accused. After the landslide of accusations had begun, the floodgates were open. It was a serious and bloodcurdling matter to see your neighbors and loved ones jailed and even killed. At this point in the play, everything was out of control. When one looks back on this situation, he/she relies its pure stupidity. How could this ever happen again. Well it did! And our beloved Senator McCarthy was the reason. During his reign, McCarthy accused hundreds of being Communists. Almost all of this finger pointing was random. Some to settle grudges. McCarthy stirred up a deep fear in Americans that there could be Communist within them. He damaged the careers of several and ruined those of others. The reasons for the red scare were no different than those for the witch scare. Instead of Puritanism this time, it was patriotism. The patriotism of the McCarthy era was just as unforgiving and vengeful as the Puritanism of the 17th century Salem.
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Summary: Bart is a vampire, Abigal is a witch....
Review: this play was really well constructed. It portrayed the characters well back then. It had the radical people that accused left and right. It also had the priests, the judges, the weird suspects and the one noble person. It kept my attention through the whole time. It had very good description of the characters personality that made me keep on reading. The end has a weird twist that makes you wonder if it was a joke or just spooky. overall a good rating of four out of five stars.
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Summary: Assumption the Ultimate Deceit
Review: After reading "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller I've begun to realize the importance of children's actions. Assumptions can lead to anything, even death. In "The Crucible" Abigail a young beautiful girl terrorizes a peaceful town in Salem, MA. She accuses her fellow residents of witchcraft, which sparks a fire of assumptions made by the high and mighty factions of the town. These factions are thirsty for greed and land. They'll do anything to acquire land, leaving even the holiest in the community to trepidation. Abigail brings upon an accusation upon John Proctor her one-time lover. He provails morally in his quest to save his family name.
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