Arthur Miller - The Crucible：亚瑟米勒坩埚.ppt

Arthur Miller - The Crucible“The Crucible was an act of desperation”Arthur Miller - The New Yorker 1996Arthur Miller?1915-2005?married several times?Marilyn Monroe?Born in NYC?father manufacturedwomen’scoats?mom - school teacher?pre-eminent playwright in USMiller - career?auto parts plant?read Tolstoy’sWar and Peace?University of Michigan?wrote plays to earn money?All My Sons 1stBroadway ess–1947 NY Drama Critics - Best Play–need for moral responsibilityMiller - works continued?1949 Death of a Salesman–Willy Loman–tragic heroThe Crucible?1953?response to Joseph McCarthy?“Are you now or were you ever munist?”?initial reaction?most produced playSenator Joseph McCarthy?1908 - 1957?Wisconsin?1950 -list of 205 people in State Dept.?Red Scare?HUAC?Army-McCarthy hearings? 1954 censured by SenateThe Crucible - Miller’s Thoughts“The Crucible was an act of desperation…. By 1950 when I began to think of writing about the hunt for Reds in America I was motivated in some great part by the paralysis that had set in among many liberals who, despite their fort with the inquisitor’s violations ofcivil rights, were fearful, and with good reason, of being identified as munists if they should protest too strongly….”Thematic Elements?moral motivation?individual and society?one man’sstruggle?“They believed that they held in theirsteady hands the candle that would light the world.”The Crucible - Characters?John Proctor–farmer–protagonist–father–Flawed–married to Elizabeth–has affair with AbigailWilliamsElizabeth Proctor?wife to John Proctor?kind, but reserved?mother?accused of being a witch