THE CRUCIBLE

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THE CRUCIBLE
BY ARTHUR MILLER
A DRAMA DEALING WITH WITCH HUNTS AND TRIALS!
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ARTHUR MILLER

• BORN 1915-HARLEM
• WROTE DEATH OF A SALESMAN
• WON PULITZER PRIZE
• MARRIED MARILYN MONROE
• ATTENDED U. OF MICHIGAN

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LITERARY OVERVIEW

• CRUCIBLE FIRST PRODUCED ON STAGE JAN. 22,1953
• AN ALLEGORY OF THE MCCATHY HEARING AND
  ANTI-COMMUNISM
• AGE OLD THEMERIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL VS. THOSE IN
  AUTHORITY

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BACKGROUND

• DOCTRINE OF THE ELECT
• THEOCRACY
• WITCH HUNTS
• MCCARTHYISM
• SALEM, MA 1692

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CHARACTERS
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TERMS

• GOODY
• CRUCIBLE
• PROTAGONIST
• ANTAGONIST
• STATIC
• DYNAMIC

• POPPET
• LUCIFER
• PONTIOUS PILATE
• ANTICHRIST
• SABBATH DAY
• 10 COMMANDMENTS

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Vocabulary list

• DAFT
• GIBBET
• CONJURE
• DEFAMATION
• ABYSS
• FLAILING
• PRODIGIOUS
• HYPOCRITES

• PRETENSE
• DIABOLICAL
• SARCASM
• DEPOSITION
• THEOLOGY
• PURGED
• LECHERY