The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Crucible is a play which takes place in New England town of Salem, Massachusetts. The Reverend Parris sees and catches a group of girls dancing in the forest with Tituba, a black slave. Betty, who is one of those girls and also Parris daughter, falls into a coma-like state. Parris starts questioning Abigail, the queen bee of the group, about what they were doing in the forest. She aswers that they were just dancing.
Rumors of witchcraft beggin to appear in the town. Abigail tells the girls not to say the truth. A local farmer named John Proctor enters and talks to Abigail. They engaged in an affair despite of the fact that he is married. Abigail still desires him.
When Betty wakes up from her coma-like state, she starts screaming. The people say she is bewitched. Reverend Hale questions Abigail about the things they were doing in the forest. He forces Tituba to speak and she ''breaks the silence''. Tituba confesses communing with the devil and accuses some townsfolks of conspiring with the devil. Abigail and Betty start naming ''witches''.
John and Elizabeth, his wife, try to figure out the way to denounce Abigail as fraud. John shows reluctant about it. Elizabeth accuses him of still holding an affair with her. He denies. One of the members of Abigail's circle, Mary Warren, brings them the news that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft. Hale goes to visit them. Giles Corey and Francis Nurse come to John and Elizabeth's house with the news that their wives have been accused and arrested. Suddenly, some officers appear and arrest Elizabeth, too. Ater this, John insists that Mary must expose Abigail and her group.
Mary goes to the court and testifies against Abigail and her circle. The girls turn the tables by accusing her of witchcraft. John gets so angry that he confesses his affair with Abigail and that she wants conspires against his wife because she is jealous. Elizabeth lies to protect John's honor by saying that he has not been unfaithful to her, but she makes things worse. Abigail and her circle make people think that Mary is bewitching them and for this reason Mary breaks down and accuses Proctor of witchcraft. This infuriates John and the officers arrest him.
After summer, Abigail runs away from Salem with the money of Reverend Parris. The witchcraft accused ones are advised to confess falsely for saving their lives, but they refuse. Elizabeth convinces John to confess falsely to save his live and he agrees. The court members insist that his confession must be in public. John infuriates and retracts his admission. Unfortunatelly, John Proctor goes to the gallows with the other accused ones.
Rumors of witchcraft beggin to appear in the town. Abigail tells the girls not to say the truth. A local farmer named John Proctor enters and talks to Abigail. They engaged in an affair despite of the fact that he is married. Abigail still desires him.
When Betty wakes up from her coma-like state, she starts screaming. The people say she is bewitched. Reverend Hale questions Abigail about the things they were doing in the forest. He forces Tituba to speak and she ''breaks the silence''. Tituba confesses communing with the devil and accuses some townsfolks of conspiring with the devil. Abigail and Betty start naming ''witches''.
John and Elizabeth, his wife, try to figure out the way to denounce Abigail as fraud. John shows reluctant about it. Elizabeth accuses him of still holding an affair with her. He denies. One of the members of Abigail's circle, Mary Warren, brings them the news that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft. Hale goes to visit them. Giles Corey and Francis Nurse come to John and Elizabeth's house with the news that their wives have been accused and arrested. Suddenly, some officers appear and arrest Elizabeth, too. Ater this, John insists that Mary must expose Abigail and her group.
Mary goes to the court and testifies against Abigail and her circle. The girls turn the tables by accusing her of witchcraft. John gets so angry that he confesses his affair with Abigail and that she wants conspires against his wife because she is jealous. Elizabeth lies to protect John's honor by saying that he has not been unfaithful to her, but she makes things worse. Abigail and her circle make people think that Mary is bewitching them and for this reason Mary breaks down and accuses Proctor of witchcraft. This infuriates John and the officers arrest him.
After summer, Abigail runs away from Salem with the money of Reverend Parris. The witchcraft accused ones are advised to confess falsely for saving their lives, but they refuse. Elizabeth convinces John to confess falsely to save his live and he agrees. The court members insist that his confession must be in public. John infuriates and retracts his admission. Unfortunatelly, John Proctor goes to the gallows with the other accused ones.
Arthur Miller
Born in Harlem, New York, in 1915, Arthur Miller attended the University
of Michigan before moving back East to write dramas for the stage. He
earned widespread praise for Death of a Salesman, which opened
on Broadway in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize along with multiple
Tonys. He received more acclaim for his award-winning follow-up, The Crucible,
which reflected his unwavering refusal to cooperate with the House
Un-American Activities Committee. Miller's public life was painted in
part by his rocky marriage to Hollywood sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.
The playwright died in 2005 at the age of 89, leaving a body of work
that continues to be re-staged internationally and adapted for the
screen.
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