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AP Language Summer Assignment
Article 1: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Fact & Fiction by Margo Burns
In this article, Margo Burns really focuses on how Miller certainly stretched the real historical facts of what happened during the Salem witch trials. He states how Abigail’s age had been raised and how the number of girls involved in the ‘crying out’ had been reduced to make for a more tragic love story. Miller probably wanted to make sure it be would much easier for the reader to follow with the use of just the most important subjects of the Salem witch trials. Also, Burns believes that in this playwright Miller seemingly captures the essence of the chaos of the Salem witch trials and what was probably going on with the people that had to witness one of the most awful chapters in human history. Little was known about the characters of the persons in The Crucible. Miller undoubtedly had to get creative and make certain assumptions in order to really create complex and developed characters to make for an astounding play. I, as well as Margo Burns, believe he achieved this. Miller, with his creative mind, was inspired after reading an excerpt from Upham’s work. He immediately wanted to create a backdrop for a play that could resemble the tragic events of the Salem witch trials but at the same time wanted to create something even more. He had to stretch and take away some parts of what actually happened to make for a better storyline. For example, Miller claimed that Abigail was, for a short time, the house servant of the Proctors and after leaving ,claimed that Elizabeth was a witch and refused to blame John Proctor of any accusations contrasting her bratty nature. Miller barely stretched certain parts of actual history and works off of that to get to the idea that Miller and Abigail have an affair to make things more interesting. In actuality, Miller was wrong. Abigail cried out against John Proctor the same day as Elizabeth was accused. Miller also
Article 1: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Fact & Fiction by Margo Burns
In this article, Margo Burns really focuses on how Miller certainly stretched the real historical facts of what happened during the Salem witch trials. He states how Abigail’s age had been raised and how the number of girls involved in the ‘crying out’ had been reduced to make for a more tragic love story. Miller probably wanted to make sure it be would much easier for the reader to follow with the use of just the most important subjects of the Salem witch trials. Also, Burns believes that in this playwright Miller seemingly captures the essence of the chaos of the Salem witch trials and what was probably going on with the people that had to witness one of the most awful chapters in human history. Little was known about the characters of the persons in The Crucible. Miller undoubtedly had to get creative and make certain assumptions in order to really create complex and developed characters to make for an astounding play. I, as well as Margo Burns, believe he achieved this. Miller, with his creative mind, was inspired after reading an excerpt from Upham’s work. He immediately wanted to create a backdrop for a play that could resemble the tragic events of the Salem witch trials but at the same time wanted to create something even more. He had to stretch and take away some parts of what actually happened to make for a better storyline. For example, Miller claimed that Abigail was, for a short time, the house servant of the Proctors and after leaving ,claimed that Elizabeth was a witch and refused to blame John Proctor of any accusations contrasting her bratty nature. Miller barely stretched certain parts of actual history and works off of that to get to the idea that Miller and Abigail have an affair to make things more interesting. In actuality, Miller was wrong. Abigail cried out against John Proctor the same day as Elizabeth was accused. Miller also