The Crucible

Gene Summerlin gene at INETNEBR.COM
Wed Jan 15 15:14:53 PST 1997


At 11:23 AM 1/15/97 -0500, Steve wrote:
>Well, then, I don't really know the answer to the question about factual
>accuracy.   But, ja, well, you know, Miller was concerned mostly wit'
>exploring the psychological dimensions of witch hunts generally, doncha
>know - including McCarthyism - and so, now then, as I understand it, he was
>not overly concerned with versimilitude of events and actual dialogue.  He
>was going for something else, then.  When I studied The Crucible (not as
>part of a class, btw), I don't recall it being particularly closely tied to
>event.  But that was decades ago and memory fades and plays tricks, doncha
>know.
>
>Ok, then.
>
Well, ya, Steve Ieee gotta admit, now, I get kinda confused between the
twooo. Naow which one was it that had the wood chipper in it?

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