Thursday, October 10, 2013
Final Reading Goal for The Crucible.
Hi Everyone:
Our final reading goal for The Crucible is to be finished with Act IV on Tuesday of next week. It should read quickly, so you can do it while waiting for someone to roll out a one-ton pumpkin at the Topsfield Fair, or watching the Norwegian knitting competition. Thanks, Mr. Telles.
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While reading the Crucible, I found that some of the scenes and important actions that occurred were disjointed to the rest of the play. I believe the cause of this lapse in information was caused by a minimal description and understanding of the characters. Without a comprehensive background of the characters, I struggled to connect the text to characters. This poor connection hindered my ability to follow the plot and I began to get lost. As the plot further progressed, I was not able to fully recover the necessary information. Now gathering new, recent information from the play, I had a feeble base of prior knowledge that was not able to fully support the growing plot. Unfortunately, I became overwhelmed and any forward progress only revealed contradictions to early statements and beliefs, which were made by characters whom I never knew. In all, my experience of the Crucible was tainted by a lack of knowledge which grew and was never solved.
ReplyDeleteAs for the ending of the play, it was a disappointing blow which saddened my lasting looks and pondering reflections. But to its defense, the scenes and actions that took place in the ending parts of the play are historically-based. Hangings did occur during the Salem witch trials, but what made the play sad, was John Procter's and others' innocent pleas. These pleas ultimately sent them to the rope and could have been averted by pleading guilty. I was mad that John Procter did not lie and receive life, and at a state of emotion, Procter was killed and my madness turned to sadness. I wish the characters were smarter and realized God would not condemn them to hell for any lie if they truly had faith in Him.