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Liked It3 of 3 members found this review helpful “A riveting, frightening drama about the Salem witch trials, which our national conscience Arthur Miller seized upon as a metaphor for McCarthyism. It’s a profound play about the daemonic power of groupthink, of the mob, of a society ruled by fear, and sadly, this play is more relevant today than...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “its really confusing and the way they talk is just annoying. i dont really recommend it, but the backstory is pretty interesting.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME!”
Joanna wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I remember liking it, but not much else.”
Ian Adams wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I didn't mind this book as much as I thought I would. The beginning is a little hard to understand at some points and quite dry. But towards the end, as you see John Proctor go insane, the book gets very interesting and really captures the essence of the Salem witch trials era. Short, easy read for a rainy day.”
Sam :D wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I found The Crucible a very interesting book. It is based back in the times of the witch hunt. This era was at a time where the paranoia of witches was in full force, thousands of women and some men were murdered and executed at the suspicion of being a witch. The witch hunt itself brings up a lot of controversial topics such as whether or not witches truly exist and also brought up a lot of topics of God and demons/ the Devil. In the Crucible the book is based on all this madness of this era. The book deals with the phycology of young teenage girls and how fast society can spiral out of control. There is also a lot of family hatred passed down over the years as well as affairs. Forgiveness and your soul pride is a big factor in the book and would strongly recommend it to anyone. ”
Sadie Cramer wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“its naice”
Michael Bay wrote this review 9 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“the crucible is a amazing book the setting takes place in Massachusetts in the older times of america were people ruled by religion powers and by how pure the people belives you where you where judge upon a lie whould cost youre life as whell if you used witch craft .this story main conflict is about a group of people that were in the woods that used witch craft and made many conflicts in the town because of religion since no body whanted to be killed they all pointed fingers at each other and this caused major cause in the town .this story is weird at first but once you read more than half of the book it all falls in to place and you will see ho really deserves to die .this book is mainly about the morality and paranoia of the people .”
marisela wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book is a fantastic book to all people how like to read fantasy books .this book takes place in Virginia in the early years were people rules were made by religion belives and people whould judge of how pure you where and how religios you where this ment no wich craft or lies .
alberto de la croch II wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
this story all starts when a group of people are playing with wich craft in the woods .the whole tow soons find outs and decides to take matter in to their own hands they decide to interrogate all the acuse and all the people that might of seen this act in the town .
Manny where were blamed and they whould acuse each other to save there life or the goverment will kill them for breacking the rules this whole plot is good if youre in to adventure and mistery as people will make desinions thatyou whouldnt aspect as when every body is trap by religion and belife.
A character that stands out alot is jhon proctor as he is acussed cuz he has seen the group of people useing wichcraft .the court brings him in but he does not know what to do because the people that are in trouble are his friends and his wife, he has to take two big dessions his wife or his friends he mentions in the part of the book if he lives howw is he gonna teach his kids no good and if he confesses hks name will become a nobody this character is one of the most importain because he has to big desisions to make ,he ends the book by not saying nothing .”“The setting of The Crucible is in Salem, Massachusetts, in the spring of the year 1692. This town is know for christanity and they are affraid of whitch craft. Therefore they have many rule. during this time people are getting accused of witch craft, so the have people that are accusors Their are many main characters but the one the one that catches my eye is Abigail. she is the neice of Reverend Samuel Parris, and she had an affair with John Proctor. there are 5 girls that are are accusors of witchcraft and Abigail charges Elizebeth Proctor (john proctors wife) for witchcraft on her. Elizebeth got put in jail therefore john went to the courts and fought about whitch craft. this story is also about land. jonh proctor and parris dont like each other because of land.”
stormi garlow wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The novel is set in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692. The setting gives an accusatory tone because everyone is accusing each other of being a witch to get what they want. The setting creates John Proctor's adultery is due to the lack of attention from his wife Elizabeth. The sense of loneliness pushes him towards Abigail. His braveness is due to his sense of justice and his loyalty towards his friends. When Elizabeth decides to reject the fact that John Proctor committed lechery on Abigail changes the plot because it gives Abigail more credibility as an accuser and makes the judges and witnesses of the court and switch over to her side. The Crucible first opens up with Parris and how he is worried that Betty is ill and hides that it could be witchcraft to save his reputation. As the plot continues we find out that Abigail has been in an affair with John Proctor and drinks blood to try to kill his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. After this Abigail tries to frame Elizabeth that she stabbed Abigail with a needle that was in the poppet which was given to her by Mary Warren. At the trial John Proctor is there and he admits that he had an affair with Abigail but Elizabeth denies that fact so he ends up in jail. They send his wife to tell John Proctor to admit it so they can stop a riot but he doesn't sign the paper because he wants to save his land and he ends up being hanged. I highly recommend this book to people who are interested in the Salem witch trials because there's a lot of knowledge on how the trials happened.”
Randy Do wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 where the witch trials have just began. The play revolves around the entire village ”
Jonathan Argueta wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
