MAY 04: Lesson Five - The Crucible

Armed with an understanding of theocracy and the mindset of the Puritans in the colony at Salem, you are ready to begin reading The Crucible. Pay attention to how easily religious, upstanding citizens become isolated from their society, due to the responses to hardships exhibited by others.

• Download and print the concept map of the characters - it will aid your understanding as you read.
• Read and study the document on characters in The Crucible.

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• Read the play, The Crucible. You will be reading it twice. Don't stop for analysis or even to read Arthur Miller's commentary the first time through.
• Read the play a second time. Carefully read Arthur Miller's commentary throughout the play. At the end of each of the four acts, stop and read the analysis linked on the Resources 2 page. 

• Read and study the documents on elements in The Crucible, as well as the document containing Miller's essay on why he wrote The Crucible, and the one which references the FBI.