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- 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 production won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play. A year later, a new production succeeded and the play became a classic.
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The Crucible is a fictionalized account of the Salem Witch trials of 1692, in which 19 innocent men and women were killed by hanging and hundreds convicted before the panic subsided. Yet while The Crucible depicts one witch-hunt, it was written during another.
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In the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, the...
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Several characters in The Crucible face a tough decision: to...
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller, published in 1953, is a classic play that delves into the Salem witch trials of 1692. Set in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts, Miller’s play unfolds as a chilling allegory for the Red Scare and McCarthyism of the 1950s.
The Crucible is too often spoken of as one of Arthur Miller's less successful plays. Its relative merits as compared with Death of a Salesman need not be argued here,...
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In 1962, accusations of witchcraft wreak havoc in the isolated and theocratic society of Salem. These rumors are largely encouraged by Abigail, a 17-year-old girl, in order to frame Elizabeth Proctor as a witch, so that she can win over her husband John Proctor.
Reverend Samuel Parris. The minister of Salem and a former merchant, Parris is obsessed with his reputation. When the trials begin, he is appointed prosecutor and he helps convict the majority of those accused of witchcraft. Tituba. Tituba is the Parris family's enslaved person who was brought over from Barbados. She has knowledge of herbs and magi...
Mass Hysteria and Fear.Fear is what starts the whole process of confessions and accusations, which, in turn, causes an atmosphere of mass hysteria. Abigail exploits both of them for her own interests, terrifying the other accusers and resorting to hysterics when things get difficult. Reputation. As a clear theocracy, reputation is a most valued ass...
The style in which the play is written reflects its historical setting. Even though Miller did not strive for perfect historical accuracy, as, in his words, "No one can really know what their lives were like," he adapted some of the idiosyncratic expressions used by the Puritan community that he found in written records. For example, "Goody" (Mrs);...
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953, at the height of McCarthyism, with the witch hunt being a parallel to the hunt for suspected communists. Even though The Crucible was a critical and commercial success, which awarded him his second Pulitzer Prize, it also attracted negative attention onto Miller: in June 1956 he was subpoenaed to appear bef...
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The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized [ 1 ] story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693.
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By the time the fever had run its course, in late August 1692, nineteen people (and two dogs) had been convicted and hanged for witchcraft. More than two centuries later, Arthur Miller was born in New York City on October 17, 1915.
Crucible – A crucible is a container that can resist severe heat, or the bottom of an oven used to fuse or calcify metals. It also means a great trial or test. How many times can you find a prop, or setting or action in the play that contains the symbol of a crucible?
