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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 24, 2006
Pros: A disturbing yet compelling look into humanity and society
Cons: Downbeat and will likely make you want to rip the pages out
Summary: In the 1950's America went through a period known as the Red Scare. With other European countries becoming communists and the Soviet Union in economic warfare with us, the populace in America was in hysteria, and taking advantage of that hysteria was one ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 3, 2000
Pros: Based on actual witchcraft trials
Cons: ......
Summary: In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, both pride and excessive pride influence the characters throughout the play. Pride is a sense of one's dignity and worth. Excessive pride is being overly confident of one's own self worth. Throughout, pride ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 10, 2000
Pros: interesting, based on true story, sort of disturbing, really good book!
Cons: none, unless you're annoyed by reading a play
Summary: The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a really creepy look into what was actually BEHIND all the witchcraft accusations in the Salem Witch trials. It really changed my view of that historical event. I never knew so many hidden psychological motives were ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 21, 2000
Pros: good plot
Cons: a bit lengthy
Summary: In a time when people no longer believe in witchcraft as much as they did, they seem to experience deja vu with the "witch hunts". There is a modern day hysteria that people wish to get rid of. It is the hysteria of child molestation. This kind ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 21, 2000
Pros: Intriguing story, get's the point across well.
Cons: Mostly fictional.
Summary: If you think this book is about the Salem witch trials, you're wrong. Written at a time when anti-communist hysteria was rampant as a result of Joseph McCarthy, Miller is simply using the Salem story as a vehicle for his own agenda. He was trying to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2000
Pros: good plot, historically as well as literally interesting
Cons: play-format, lacks emotion at times
Summary: I have just finished reading Arthur Millers' The Crucible, and found it a rather disturbing book. The accusations of witchcraft in Salem all taken seriously, definately say something about the society in the US in the seventeenth century. Witchcraft, the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2000
Pros: good all around book
Cons: play format--has stage descriptions
Summary: I really enjoyed this play. I would love to see it performed sometime. This play depicts life at the spark of the witch trials in American history. There are several different storylines in the play and the character development is excellent. I ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 2, 2000
Pros: based on a true story
Cons: none that I can think of
Summary: I read this book recently this year in my junior english class. I thought that it was going to be a dumb and boring book because they (teachers) do not usually pick good books for us to read in class. Was I wrong! The play hooked me from the very first ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 19, 2000
Pros: Both works offer valuable insights into human society that is seen even in today's culture and should be read by everyone at this reading level
Cons: none
Summary: The Scarlet Letter and “The Crucible” have served as extremely valuable insights into human nature, its denial and repression by societies’ laws and fears, and the consequences suffered by those who would challenge them by living through their hearts ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 6, 1999
Pros: The End was Great!
Cons: The Good Guys Die
Summary: The Crucible was the only book that I enjoyed i High School. It takes place in the time when Massachusetts had it's Big Witch Trial. Being from Massachusetts it highly interested me. It shows a young girl can manipulate the minds of ignorant people. ... read more
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