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 the fire a dozen girls were dancing- dancing,strictly forbidden by Puritan law. When he jumped out on them, Betty fainted and now won´t wake up.

His house is buzzing with people, and every other word is "witchcraft".Reverend Parris doesn´t want to believe it and sents for an expert,Reverend Hale of the neighbouring village of Beverly.He tries to wake Betty but fails and so continues questioning the other girls and especially Tituba which is so scared that she realizes the only way out will be "confess". She and Abigail get carried away and beginn to name others that they "saw with devil".

In the next few days other girls are added to their number and an official court has been set up. John Proctor

is particularly woried about Abigail Williams,

By Oktober, John Proctor and seven others are to hang while other towns have risen up against their witch courts and overthrown them. Despite rising doubt in the town, Danforth and Hathorne refuse to call off th executions, because such an action will imply that they murdered the 11 that have already hanged. the only hope is that J.Proctor conefesses but he realizes that they want to use his name to save their own skins and so rips up his confession and goes to his death with a clear conscience.

The Crucible´s climax which is the greatest moment of emotional intensity and the high point of the rising action occurs toward the end of Act 2 when Proctor decides to fight against the falsity he sees corrupting the church and society by refuting Abigail´s charges.

In addition to adhering to the standard plot structure for a tragic drama, Miller also adheres to the unity of time and place. The entire play takes place in the small town of salem in only four locations, a different setting for each 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.

In addition to adhering to the standard plot structure for a tragic drama, Miller also adheres to the unity of time and place. The entire play takes place in the small town of salem in only four locations, a different setting for each 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 a

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