THE CRUCIBLE It´s the spring of 1692. The whole village of Salem is is an uproar. The Reverend Samuel Parris´ daughter Betty won´t wake up, and the Putmans´ little Ruth is walking around like a zombie.The night before, Reverend Parris had heard a funny noise in the woods outside his house, and stumbledonto a frightening scene: his black slave Tituba was waving her arms over a boiling kettle, muttering wild-sounding gibberish, and around …showed first 75 words of 1372 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1372 total…act. In addition, the totality of the action takes place in a tight span of time; less than six months pass in the course of the drama which makes the whole play in my opinion easy to follow and understand, whether viewed on stage or read. I also think that Miller perfectly demonstrates the great influence of Senator McCarthy and Communist groups during that time and how people where scared in 1953 by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**