You Know Now's video: THE CRUCIBLE - Arthur Miller - You Need to Know Summary

Here's what you need to know about The Crucible. The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693 Royalty-free music contained in this video: "Ossuary 2 - Turn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... full title · The Crucible author · Arthur Miller type of work · Play genre · Tragedy, allegory language · English time and place written · America, early 1950s date of first publication · 1953 publisher · Viking Press narrator · The play is occasionally interrupted by an omniscient, third-person narrator who fills in the background for the characters. climax · John Proctor tells the Salem court that he committed adultery with Abigail Williams. protagonist · John Proctor antagonist · Abigail Williams setting · Salem, a small town in colonial Massachusetts point of view · The Crucible is a play, so the audience and reader are entirely outside the action. falling action · The events from John Proctor’s attempt to expose Abigail in Act IV to his decision to die rather than confess at the end of Act IV. tense · Present foreshadowing · The time frame of the play is extremely compressed, and the action proceeds so quickly that there is little time for foreshadowing. tone · Serious and tragic—the language is almost biblical. themes · Intolerance; hysteria; reputation motifs · Empowerment; accusation, confession, legal proceedings in general