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Title: The Crucible. by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0-8222-0255-7 Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: very interesting
Comment: If you were accused of being a witch back in the 17 century in Massachusetts then you were one. Very good film about pointing fingers, lying, religion, and cheating. I am actually quite happy I was forced to read this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Liberal agitprop that hurt America
Comment: It's an entertaining fantasy, but the fact is we now know beyond any doubt (see Venona) there were hundreds of Communist spies at all levels of our government. Every single person McCarthy identified as a Communist was, in fact, a Communist and far from having their lives ruined, most went on to prestigious positions at Leftist-leaning institutions. If anything, McCarthy wasn't zealous enough. Yet to this day, he is reviled by Leftists and their sympathizers, his very name a malediction. Where are the mea culpas from the supporters of I.F. Stone and Walter Duranty, both proven Soviet propagandists complicit in covering up tens of millions of murders? Where is the morality play that teaches us mass starvation of civilians is a terrible weapon and those who cover for murderers are no better themselves?
It's time for Americans to recognize the truth: McCarthy was a hero, and those in the press and entertainment industries like Arthur Miller that worked to discredit and defame him did a terrible disservice to this great country and committed a horrible atrocity on a patriotic American who was trying to protect his country from the greatest threat it ever faced.
Rating: 4
Summary: Witch Hunt
Comment: I surprisingly enjoyed this book though it was assigned reading for school. The obvious parallels of the play's setting, in the time of the Salem Witch Trials, to the Red Scare of Arthur Miller's time actually add to how one may reflect what they've read in this play. In place of Abigail pointing her finger and crying "Witch! Witch!" at anyone who crosses her, one can easily see McCarthy pointing his finger in every direction and crying "Communist! Traitor!"
My favorite thing about this work though are not the parallels to the 20th century Communist scare. It is the realationship between John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth. They suffer the most at Abigail's whims, Proctor having had an affair with the girl and Elizabeth dismissing her from serving in their household when she suspected as much. Even through Proctor's unfaithfulness and the accusation of Elizabeth practicing witchcraft, the couple holds a certain tenderness to each other and maintain it even through tenser scenes. I loved the ending though it was quite sad. It added to the melancholy of the theme.
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Title: The Crucible (Cliffs Notes) by Jennifer L. Scheidt, Denis M. Calandra ISBN: 0764585886 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 22 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 0684801523 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ISBN: 0553210092 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1965 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain, Guy Cardwell, John Seelye ISBN: 0142437174 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0140481346 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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