Has anyone read "The crucible by Arthur Miller? Its written in play form. I was wondering if you could help me
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( The Crucible )   Arthur Miller, 1915 – 2005.  \n\nI have found 10+ summaries for you to look at, via the links below. \n\nhttp://www.schoolbytes.com/summary.php?id=338\n\nhttp://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Crucible.html#Year\n\nhttp://summarycentral.tripod.com/thecrucible.htm\n\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/the_crucible/\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=92\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crucible/&book=92\n\nhttp://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmCrucible07.asp\n\nhttp://www.freeessays.cc/db/10/book_reports/index.shtml\n\nThese links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. A short extract is included as an example of what you can expect from the summary.\n\nPLOT\n\nThis story takes place in Salem, MA in 1692. It starts out with the whole town in a frenzy. Betty, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Parris, is in some sort of coma, and Ruth, the Putnam’s daughter, is walking around in a trance. The night before, Rev. Parris heard some noise in the woods. When he went to see what it was, he found his black slave (Tituba) dancing around a big black cauldron (one of those big witch cooking pots). She was dancing with some other girls, including Betty and Ruth. When Rev. Parris tried to go near them, everyone took off except for Betty, who passed out.  More……\n\nhttp://www.schoolbytes.com/summary.php?id=338\n\nADDITIONAL INFO.\n\nA Descriptive Chronology of His Plays,  Theatrical Career, and Dramatic Theories \n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/arthur-miller\n\nhttp://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ccarpen/Miller.htm\n\nhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmillerA.htm\n\nhttp://www.ibiblio.org/miller/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Oh! I love that story. We read it last semester. Have you read the story? It's really funny to read it and then think in the gutters. Our sub, Scott, taught us that. lol Anyway... okay... hm... thesis statement. \n\n"There are stories about fish and the like, but none quite like this. The boy in the story learns to grow after learning that his beloved Sheila is not what he thought she was. In the story the boy struggling with what he loves and what he thinks he is in love with. ([The story teaches about letting go, forgetting and growing up] <-- thesis)." \n\nOkay, to clarify the thesis:\n\nLetting go: Letting go of the fish and moving on.\nForgetting: He forgets that he can't very well catch a fish without her seeing, so he loses it. \nGrowing up: After he learns that Sheila Mant is not what he thought she but, but in fact a skany who9re (lol) he learns to move on and grow up. \n\nI hope this helped.
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I think that they should be read. Granted, yes, some of the scenes are a bit "racy" but they are great works of literature. But they are accurate as far as human actions go (though Romeo and Juliet were just stupid in my opinion) Anyone who has not read any Shakespeare will be missing out. He was a uniquely clever genius of comedic relief, irony, and double meanings.
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Hamlet!! we just finished reading that in my ap senior english class last friday!  try sparknotes.com, it really helps, and there's even a section, no-fear-shakespeare, that has the original text next to everyday english, so that it is easier to understand what it being said in our modern lingo...\nhope this helps!!!
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You need to narrow this down. What age/grade are you? What have you been reading for class?\nShakespeare?\n20th Century Plays?\nAmerican authors?\n\nNarrow it down some and you'll get better answers.
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Yep - I read it in high school and it was hilarious... Sad about the author though, I think the book my have been semi-autobiographical. It was one of only a handful of required reading in high school that I didn't hate: Catcher in the Rye, Caine Mutiny, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are the only others I can recall that I didn't hate reading.
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i haven't read it, but if you have an e-file, would you mind sending it to me via email?\n\ncaeszarre@yahoo.com\n\ni've read "Radical Innocence: Studies in the Contemporary American Novel" and "The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Toward a Postmodern Literature"\n\nthanks.
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Sounds like a fun assignment. I may do this on my own time, but as this is your assignment, I cannot write this for you.\n\nTry to use your imagination.  Have you read these novels? Any one of them would be exciting to write a script for. Relax and try to have fun.
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ahhhh   KING LEAR!!!  it's hard to explain actually because this isn't a soliloquy.  it's what he says to kent and the "fool" after leaving the company of his two daughters (regan and goneral) during an arguement they had.  he's telling the other two to go into this "shelter" if you can call it that, to sheild themselves from the storm (the tempest, "tempest" in shakespears day meant storm).  of course it was violent storm that night.  the night the king lost his "glory" and in a manner of speaking the gods unleashed their fury!  it was so bad that it distracted his mind.  the storm represents what he felt in his heart.  the part where he tells the "boy" to go in first and calls him houseless poverty is just a juxtapose.  the will pray then he'll sleep which is pretty straight forward.  you really have to watch the play to understand.
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Have you read the play?  It might be easier to answer if you have!  We can't do your homework for you!  But, here are some questions to get you thinking . . . \n\nWhat COULDN'T Hamlet make up his mind about?  And why was this tragic?  \n\nThese seem like simple, or even stupid, questions, but answering them will give you a place to start . . .
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I'm not going to tell you what to write, because that would be cheating, but I can give you ideas.\nSomething I always saw as good was how Shakespeare would begin some of his plays.  Basically telling the audience what was going to happen, in case they got too distracted to finish watching.\nSince you know the characters begin with one of them and relate all the other characters through them.  {Jem was the son of Atticus, who defended Tom in the rape trial, just with a little more detail}\nHope this helps! :)
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I think it sounds pretty good:). I would just brush up your grammar on some of it, rearrange some of your sentence structure, otherwise it is really well done! I read Lord Of The Flies my freshman year of high school, and it was one of the only ones I could read without hating it. The only question I have is-are you sure Golding is giving the early forms of living a bad rep? or is he maybe looking into what he sees may be the future of civilization if we cannot live by our morals and our rules???? Think about it in that sense and you may get a different view on it:). Good luck!:)
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There are numerous on line sites to help you with this novel.  Here are a few of them.  Also, if you do a search for the novel on YA, I think you will find that there are quite a few questions about the novel, so they may help you as well.  Best of luck with your work.
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Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953 during the McCarthy period when Americans were accusing each other of Pro-Communist beliefs.  Many of Miller’s friends were being attacked as communists and in 1956, Miller himself was brought before the House of Un-American Activities Committee where he was found guilty of beliefs in communism
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Gone With the Wind is truely my favorite. You have to stick with it though, because Margaret Mitchell moves the story at a sometimes-slow pace... It is a classic! My very favorite. Another great older book would be basically, anything by Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, or, another one of my favorites, Arthur Miller. (Arthur Miller is a playwright, but his plays are amazing.) \n\nEnjoy reading!!!
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"Because life immitates art, we often find that our lives are reflected in literary works from historical points of view.  One can never mistakenly see himself in a character in a great novel such as King Lear or the Great Gatsby.  If you are the same as one of these characters, you will have no doubt as I had with the character ________________ in the novel ____________. "\n\nthen continue with your essay from there\n\nsusan
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It's been awhile since I've read "Macbeth".  I hope this helps:\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/