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The Crucible
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A Haunting Examination Of Groupthink And Mass Hysteria In A Rural Communitya Penguin ClassicI 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 Witchhunts And Trials In Seventeenthcentury 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, Selfrighteous 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 Anticommunist Hysteria Inspired By Senator Joseph Mccarthy'S Witchhunts 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 With Diabolical Malevolence.For More Than Seventy Years, Penguin Has Been The Leading Publisher Of Classic Literature In The Englishspeaking World. With More Than 1,700 Titles, Penguin Classics Represents A Global Bookshelf Of The Best Works Throughout History And Across Genres And Disciplines. Readers Trust The Series To Provide Authoritative Texts Enhanced By Introductions And Notes By Distinguished Scholars And Contemporary Authors, As Well As Uptodate Translations By Awardwinning Translators.
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