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Lights, Camera, Crucible!
Summary: In his book, The Crucible, Arthur Miller describes the events that lead up to the hanging of dozens of people and two innocent puppies on the premises of witchcraft. The story is stationed around a group of girls who, after being caught dancing in the woods, a forbidden act, quickly plead witchcraft and put the blame on different members of the town.
Where can one find a town in which you can be tried and hanged out of mere suspicion? Salem Massachusetts! In his book, The Crucible, Arthur Miller describes the events that lead up to the hanging of dozens of people and two innocent puppies on the premises of witchcraft. The story is stationed around a group of girls who, after being caught dancing in the woods, a forbidden act, quickly plead witchcraft and put the blame on different members of the town. The leader in this group of hysterical girls is Abigail Williams, who has further plans of deceit in hopes that she may win a spot in the home of John Proctor, a married man she once had an affair with. In 1996 Nicholas Hytner created a production movie based on this book. After both reading and watching this story, one is able to see how the Puritan...
This section contains 903 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |