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Overview. 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.
Jun 24, 2012 · Based on historical people and real events, The Crucible is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. The Crucible provides such an interesting insight into the mass hysteria and paranoia brewing in Salem, Massachusetts in the seventeenth century.
Oct 28, 1976 · by Arthur Miller (Author) 4.5 6,903 ratings. Part of: Critical Library, Viking (2 books) Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community. The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness.
Heinemann, 1992 - Drama - 139 pages. The Crucible is a study in the mass hysteria which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, concentrating on the fate of some of the key figures caught up in...
Jan 1, 1980 · 4.5 6,936 ratings. Part of: Critical Library, Viking (2 books) Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. The Crucible , Arthur Miller's classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, is returning to Broadway.
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Jan 1, 1996 · First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil.
One of the true masterpieces of twentieth-century American theater, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving, but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that ...
