The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
read: 2013
Rarely do I read something that actually makes me angry, but the injustices of The Crucible got my blood boiling as I was reading it. The events towards the end of the play were especially frustrating, as the individuals in charge already know (or have a good idea) that there's no witchcraft going on, but they demand a public confession and finger-pointing to validate the executions that have already happened. That's infuriating, but on the other hand I'm not sure there's much evidence it actually happened. Arthur Miller (by his own admission) plays fast-and-loose with historical truth in favor of a moral or emotional truth, but honestly I'm not sure he got there either.
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