Description
Downloadable PDF file : resources on The Crucible
Section 1: Background, themes and characters (pages 1 – 17); Section 2: Quotes (pages 18-19); Section 3: Model Essay Plan (pages 20-21); Section 4: 18 extended essay plans on a variety of topics (pages 23-48; overview of characters.
In The Crucible, Arthur dramatises the witch-hunts that occurred in 1692 to shed light on the McCarthy-style pursuit of “left leaners” or communists in America in the 1960s. Whilst it lays bare the social and religious rifts in society, it also reveals the self-interested pursuit of power and the dangerous consequences of blind faith.
