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Title: The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0-14-048138-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (170 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Crucible b
Comment: The small town of Salem is devastated to find out that its own young and charming women in the town are witches of the black art. This story starts out simply enough, in the village pastor's house. His daughter has been odd lately and doctors and such have come to see if they can help the girl with her problems. They soon realize they are dealing with something far more evil then any disease. I personally hate reading unless I have to, but this book had a certain something to it that pulled me right in. Perhaps it was the relationship you develop out of sympathy for the townsmen and their women. Maybe it's curiosity of who will be accused of witchcraft next. Whatever the case, I simply couldn't put down that book. The Crucible is a play and is written in the format of a play. This can pose a problem to someone who doesn't read a lot of literature, or is confused easily. In the beginning of the story the characters run in and out of the scenes so quickly and with little more then mentioning their name. So some might completely forget who entire families are until they are brought back to you later on in the story. Either that or you'll have to go back and read everything again just to make yourself sure you know who they are. I did. Other than the difficulty I experienced following who was who in the beginning. I found myself trapped in this book, and had to find out what happened in the ending. This book is very difficult to read, but if you can make it through the first couple of chapters, this will be one of your favorite books. It is very well written and definitely worth checking out even if you are only moderately interested in these kinds of books. I give it two thumbs up!
Rating: 5
Summary: a bewitching 4 acts..
Comment: I had been intrested in the Salem witch trials for quite sometime, so that lead me to picking up 'The Crucible'. This is a great document of the chaos that went on in Salem, Mass. in 1692. The trouble starts when Betty Parris, 10, falls under some unknown illness with symptoms unknown, everyone immedietly belives it to be causes of an unknown evil that put her in her inert, and practically lifeless. the work of the devil. The town is in histerics and begins a crazy terrorous witchhunt when accusations are fired out. Arthur Miller's story gives the whole Salem Witch Hunts a realistic spin and puts it in uniform and shines up its buttons. The story is inthralling, and the characters (Abagail in particular) are wonderfully designed and intriguing. The book is written in playwrite format, which makes it somewhat clunky to read, but is still fluent. I would love to do this play in drama class. *has been begging her teacher* Any one who is intrested in witchcraft or the salem witch trials will deffinetly enjoy this. You really get to see the evil of scociety, and how quick people are to point fingers, and the results.. 19 innocent men and women hanged. Such a grasping story I was actually driven to go to Salem, to fullfill my experience. I deffinetly recommend the movie also, Wynona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis play thier rolls with perfection.
Rating: 5
Summary: Miller's Best...
Comment: This play has always held a special significance for me. It was the first Arthur Miller play I ever saw performed on stage, and it is also a chilling comparison between the past and present.
Miller uses the Salem witch trials as the setting of his play, but it is actually play of its time. Written during the McCarthy Era, a witch-hunt of a different kind, Miller uses the Salem witch trials to illustrate what was happening (and is still happening) in the USA. "Guilt by association" is the order of the day, civil rights are violated, and many individuals and families are destroyed.
This also hits me personally, as I know of one individual who was a victim of the McCarthy witch hunt. I just recently found out about this, and after reading Miller's play again after many years, it took on a whole new significance for me. I am grateful to all who stood up to those who tried to take away our most precious rights, and to Miller for writing this play.
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Title: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ISBN: 0553210092 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1965 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 0684801523 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Crucible (Cliffs Notes) by Jennifer L. Scheidt, Denis M. Calandra ISBN: 0764585886 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 22 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0140481346 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title:The Crucible ASIN: 079394144X Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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