Miz. Clark

 

 

 Articles about Miller and The Crucible

New York Times article: The Thinker

American Masters article about Miller: Arthur Miller: None Without Sin

Why I Wrote The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Are You Now or Were You Ever?  by Arthur Miller

Should we revile those who named names? Article from Slate Magazine: Blacklist and Backstory  

How did Arthur Miller get out of the Communism Accusation? Click on first link on this page. Could he have avoided the entire trial if he'd allowed his wife to be photographed with the head of the HUAC?

 Arthur Miller tells Christopher Bigsby about the "farcical" yet "deadly" nature of his trial - broadcast September 1995

Next, listen to this interview by clicking on the second link  on this pageArthur Miller discusses his play The Crucible and the McCarthy witch-hunts with Francine Stock - broadcast July 2000

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 Links to class handouts

 Handout for film notes: Guilty By Suspicion --> --> -->-->--> -->

 

Character collage assignment -->

 

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Shmoop learning guides

  • Teaching The Crucible themes
  • Teaching The Crucible tone
  • Teaching The Crucible plot analysis
  • Teaching The Crucible characters
  • http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/themes.html

    http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/tone.html

    http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/plot-analysis.html

    http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/characters.html

    Crucible Scavenger Hunt - comparing The Crucible  to the Salem Witch Trials 

     

    Links to online quizzes:

    Act 1   

    Act 2

    Act 3

    Act 4

     

    Peace, Love, and Puritanism in the New York Times 

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