Select and copy a passage from The Crucible that is worth discussing (this could be one long monologue or a series of lines, or something from Miller's narration). Read and annotate "Why I Wrote The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Then generate 5 "springboards" for discussion--comments, opinions, or questions to generate productive talk about these two texts. Your questions/comments can refer either to your passage from The Crucible or to Miller's essay about the play.
Possible issues we might be discuss include:
- Where does morality stem from?
- Using religion to justify controversial behavior
- Separation of Church and State (politics tied to religion)
- Mob Mentality: What makes normal people get swept up in hysteria?
- Individual vs. government
- What’s right to stand up for--honor, freedom, etc.
- Gender hierarchy
- Rights of the accused
- Can innocence survive?
- Superstition/supernatural explanation
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