04141cam a2200493 4500 571664500 TxAuBib 20220704120000.0 091005s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781101034972 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 1101034971 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 9781101042465 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 110104246X electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 9781101040379 electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader 1101040378 electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader B0023ZLLBM Amazon 2bada9c6-4427-48d7-b5d6-a81bb34c47c5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 238626 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)449017963 TEFOD TEFOD JIC TxAuBib Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005. The crucible [Bridges eBook] : a play in four acts / Arthur Miller ; with an introduction by Christopher Bigsby. New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2003. xxv, 143 p. ; 20 cm. Penguin classics Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 339kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunts in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: "Political opposition ... is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it meets with diabolical malevolence.". Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 6814 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 204 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 279 KB). Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-29 20:00:03. Imported from MARC file. Trials (Witchcraft) Drama. Salem (Mass) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Drama. Electronic books. Penguin classics. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2BADA9C6-4427-48D7-B5D6-A81BB34C47C5 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/2BA/DA9/C6/Crucible9781101042465.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2BADA9C6-4427-48D7-B5D6-A81BB34C47C5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/2BA/DA9/C6/Crucible9781101042465.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2BADA9C6-4427-48D7-B5D6-A81BB34C47C5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/2BA/DA9/C6/Crucible9781101042465.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2BADA9C6-4427-48D7-B5D6-A81BB34C47C5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)