The Crucible (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Miller
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1692
- Setting: Salem, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: The Reverend Samuel Parris, Betty Parris, Tituba, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Mary Warren, Abigail Williams, Deputy Governor Danforth, Judge Hathorne, The Reverend John Hale, Francis Nurse, Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey
- Genres: Drama, Allegory, History play
- Subjects: Justice, Folkloric or magical people, Religion, New England, Trials, Seventeenth century, Ethics, Witches or witchcraft, Puritans or Puritanism, Libel or slander
- Locales: Salem, MA
The Story:
The Reverend Samuel Parris prayed over his daughter, who lay stricken with a nameless malady. As he prayed, he was angered by the interruption of his Negro slave, Tituba, whom he had brought with him from the island of Barbados. Parris was frightened and furious, for he had discovered his daughter Betty, Tituba, and some of the village girls dancing in the woods. Now two of the girls, Betty and Ruth Putnam, lay ill and witchcraft was rumored about the village. His daughter Betty and his ward and niece, Abigail Williams, had been participants in a secret and sinful...
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