The Crucible

The Crucible 

By: Arthur Miller 

Synopsis: The Crucible is a play about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The play is based on real events and the characters are based off of historical people that were actually involved. As Abigail as their leader, this group of girls accuse dozens of people of being witches. This is taken to court because they live in a Puritan society, which is a religion. In court the accused people are given the choice of weather to confess that they are witches or they will be hanged. This obviously causes many issues which need to be resolved throughout the play. 

Review: I usually don't enjoy reading plays, but because it's historical fiction I mostly liked it. It definitely was interesting but it was a little to dramatic for me at certain parts. Also if Miller's point was to make me hate Abigail, he did a great job. Everything about her was annoying. It was very interesting to learn about the witch trials, which I thought I knew, but really didn't, about what happened. Although some stuff was boring, hard to read and understand, and confusing it was still a good read. I'm glad I read it but I probably will never read it again. It also is something I wouldn't recommend to anyone unless it was for school, which is the only reason why I read it.