The Crucible

The Crucible


By: Arthur Miller
Reviewed by: Kayleigh , 16
Rating: It was alright...


Salem, Mass. 1962. The infamous Salem Witch trials.

The Crucible is a depiction of these trials where they executed men and women just because they believed they were witches or wizards. Basically, the Puritans were trying once again to cleanse their community. But in this process, innocent people were sacrificed. This play dramatizes these trials and shows the reader who these people really were; innocent people having to lie and confess to dealing with the Devil in order to live. This play portrays many families affected by these times, but one in particular – the Proctor family. The play almost becomes a diluted love story between Proctor and Goody Proctor.

The beginning of the play is very slow and hard to get into. The radical ideas discussed in the first act are almost intolerable, but once you get into Act Two and Three, you start to really identify with the Proctors, the Nurses and the Coreys. This was another book in my AP course that discussed religion and its many interpretations. The Crucible and Inherit the Wind are two books that go hand in hand.


Recommended to: history lovers