{"id":1142,"date":"2024-10-06T17:35:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T16:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10678419\/?page_id=1142"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:56:51","slug":"the-crucible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10678419\/the-crucible\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crucible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is The Crucible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crucible is a play published in 1953 written by Arthur Miller. The play is set during the Salem witch trials in the late 1600s. The play is about a village that becomes involved in a witch hunt after a group of girls go dancing in the woods and one of the girls, Betty, falls into a coma, which causes rumours of witchcraft to spread throughout the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Proctor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>John Proctor is a farmer who lives just outside Salem. He&#8217;s seen as a respectable man but is secretly having an affair with Abigail Adams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abigail Williams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reverend Parris&#8217; niece.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used to be the servant of the Proctor household.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fired after Elizabeth Proctor discovered she was having an affair with John Proctor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reverend John Hale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minister who&#8217;s seen as an expert on witches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hater of witchcraft and devout Christian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Called into Salem when Betty falls ill and people think it&#8217;s witchcraft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intelligent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elizabeth Proctor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Proctor&#8217;s wife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cold personality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reverend Parris<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minister of Salem church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paranoid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disliked in the community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power hungry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rebecca Nurse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Francis Nurse&#8217;s wife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Respected in the community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falls to hysteria when accused of witchcraft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refuses to confess to witchcraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Francis Nurse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wealthy land owner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unofficial judge of Salem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Well respected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enemy of Thomas Putnam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judge Danforth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deputy governor of Massachusetts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presiding judge of witch trials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Believes he&#8217;s doing the right thing by rooting out &#8220;witches&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Giles Corey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elderly farmer in Salem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has a history of filing lawsuits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His wife is accused of witchcraft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Held in contempt of court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pressed to death with stones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thomas Putnam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wealthy and powerful<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holds a grudge against Francis Nurse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses witch trials to gain more wealth and land<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ann Putnam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thomas Putnam&#8217;s wife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birthed 8 children, but only Ruth survived.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Believes the other children died because of something supernatural.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ruth Putnam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only surviving child in the Putnam family.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has similar symptoms to Betty Parris after going dancing at night in the woods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tituba<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reverend Parris&#8217; slave from Barbados.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cares for Betty Parris.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is blamed for any problems in the Parris household, not just the witch hunt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abigail tells the others to blame Tituba after dancing in the woods because she&#8217;s less likely to be believed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mary Warren<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Servant in Proctor household.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of Abigail&#8217;s group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Influenced by others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scared of Abigail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tries to help in the 3rd act but is too weak.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ends up giving in to Abigail&#8217;s group and accuses John Proctor of witchcraft as well as Elizabeth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Betty Parris<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reverend Parris&#8217; daughter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 years old.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falls ill after dancing in the woods, starting the rumours of witchcraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Martha Corey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Giles Corey&#8217;s 3rd wife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrested and convicted of witchcraft because she read a lot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ezekiel Cheever<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acts as a clerk during the witch trials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strong sense of justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judge Hathorne<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Judge who deals with the witch trials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Herrick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marshal of Salem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marcy Lewis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A girl in Abigail&#8217;s group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/crucible\/summary\">https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/crucible\/summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arthur Miller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Arthur Miller was an American Playwright, born in Harlem, New York, on October 1915, and died on February 5th 2005. His family was Polish and Jewish.  His father was a successful coat manufacturer and his mother was a teacher. In the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the once wealthy family fell into poverty and they had to move from Manhattan to Brooklyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He saved up enough money to study at the University of Michigan. He wrote his first play, &#8216;No Villain&#8217;, in college, which he won the University&#8217;s Avery Hopwood award for. After finishing University, he moved back to East to start working as a playwright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His first plays ere poorly received, including his 1944 Broadway debut, &#8216;The Man Who Had All The Luck&#8217;, which closed after just 4 performances and 3 days with lots of negative reviews. In 1945, he published the novel &#8216;Focus&#8217; which was about antisemitism. 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