I attended the Edythe Bates Old Production of The Crucible at Moores Opera House a couple days after I went to Swingin’ In The Opera House. After being exposed to the great show that Swingin’ In The Opera House put on, I set the bar high going into this opera. As soon as I walked in, I saw a giant closed curtain running through the stage and “The Crucible” projected up ahead. From the setup they had going on in the beginning, I was expecting a great production already. The Crucible had a great story to it when I read it back in high school, so seeing how it would play out with a music accompaniment was interesting.
In this opera, the instruments were playing in the background to supplement the actors and actresses. I could hear several instruments such as the violins, violas, and harp from the strings family. There were also very apparent trumpets and horns from the brass family playing in specific scenes that I recognized. The actors and actresses had great singing voices that projected throughout the whole opera house. Since I was sitting close to the front, I recognized that the performers playing the instruments were not located on stage, but in a section sort of below the stage. There was a conductor conducting these performers, but the stage was primarily for the actors and actresses. The audience was
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attentive and extremely respectful. Everyone was quiet while the performance was going on, which set a great mood going on with the audience. Everyone clapped after each act as expected. The musical selection in this opera was perfect.
Every piece matched the scene that it belonged to. For the scenes that portrayed a bunch of conflict and climax, a fast tempo was playing beside the scene. Along with the fast tempo, the dynamics of the song was extremely loud. I felt like my ears were about to burst, but it definitely matched the scene. For the sadder scenes that were filled with emotion, the music took the opposite direction. The tempo slowed down by a ton-fold and the dynamics dropped to a more soft sound. The music did a great job in evoking my emotions. I felt the emotions shown by the actors and actresses from the great acting and
music. The composer for the music was Robert Eugene Ward. He was born Cleveland, Ohio on September 13, 1917 and died on April 3, 2013. The period of music history was the Twentieth Century. Ward won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music from The Crucible. The Twentieth Century was a time period filled with many wars as well such as War World 1 and War World 2. To prepare students for this opera, I would have the students watch a play in the classroom of The Crucible first. That way they would be able to grasp a bit of the story going into this opera where they will be introduced to the live integration of the music as well. I would also tackle how music can be an effective tool when it comes to bringing out the mood of the scene. The students should be able to distinguish clear differences between the play version of The Crucible and an opera version. Another key point of my lesson would be how their behavior in the classroom while watching a play silently should reflect their behavior when attending a live performance. They should always be respectful towards the performers. My expectations were definitely met after this opera. It was just as good as Swingin’ In The Opera House, if not better. After this opera, my horizon with music and the various ways it can be represented has expanded for the better.
The focus of Miller’s The Crucible is an appalling witch trial that morfs the once-peaceful town of Salem into a cutthroat slaughterhouse. As a lucrative playwright and a not-so-subtle allegory author, Miller is a seasoned wordsmith who addresses people akin to himself, and is not secretive about that information. The Crucible best serves its purpose as a learning device and a social statement, especially at the time of its publishing. Miller‘s piece showcases the appeals in an easy-to-identify manner that is perfect for middle or high school students who are new to the appeals, or for English majors who have no problem pinpointing them, making this play ideal for a classroom setting.
Analysis of The Crucible by Arthur Miller ‘You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.’ Assess the developments in John Proctor’s character that validate this statement. How does Miller create a sense of tension and suspense in the build up to this climatic moment in Act 4? In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible he has used many dramatic devices in order to create tension and build up to the climaxes of the story.
The Crucible – Characters and Changes & nbsp; Change is good for the future. " We hear the catchy phrase everywhere. From company slogans to motivational speeches, our world seems to impose this idea that change is always a good thing. Assuming that the change is for the better, it is probably a true statement in most cases. The root of this idea seems to come from the notion that we are dissatisfied with the state that we are in, so, in order to create a more enjoyable environment, we adjust.
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There are many theories as to why the witch trials came about, the most popular of which is the girls' suppressed childhoods. However, there were other factors as well, such as Abigail Williams' affair with John Proctor, the secret grudges that neighbors held against each other, and the physical and economic differences between the citizens of Salem Village.
Great events, whether they are beneficial or tragic ones, bring change in a person. These scenarios can give one an entirely new perspective on life, and turn around his way of thinking. Events such as the Salem Witch Trials show the people involved what they could not see before. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor gain valuable insight into themselves, as well as others.
In the Crucible, we are introduced to the main protagonist John Proctor; the way that Arthur Miller presents him by rebelling against the authority in Salem. Out of the entire town he is the only person that speaks out, realising that the authority is unfair and unjust; he is not like everyone else in the town who keeps quiet to themselves. There are many situations where we the readers can see very clear examples of him rebelling against the authority that controlled Salem. One example of Proctor rebelling against authority in Salem was when he did not go to church on a Sabbath day and instead decided to pray in his own home ‘Mr Proctor, your house is not a church; your theology must tell you that’. That is one clear example of him rebelling
Authors often have underlying reasons for giving their stories certain themes or settings. Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, The Crucible, is a work of art inspired by actual events as a response to political and moral issues. Set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, The Crucible proves to have its roots in events of the 1950’s and 1960’s, such as the activities of the House Un-American Committee and the “Red Scare.” Though the play provides an accurate account of the Salem witch trials, its real achievement lies in the many important issues of Miller’s time that it dealswith.
A wise human once stated, “People are quick to believe the bad things they hear about good people”(Unknown). Bound by the nature of humans, many are hasty to believe inaccurate accounts, no matter the circumstances, whether the accounts have evidence, or if they have any veracity to them. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the hysteric citizens of Salem, Massachusetts experience an outrageous witch hunt movement, accumulating a hefty death total of twenty citizens. The play begins with Reverend Parris, a relatively new Puritan minister in Salem, whose daughter, Betty Parris, is stuck in a coma-like state. Parris reveals that his niece Abigail, was seen dancing with Betty, and Tituba, Parris’ black slave from Barbados. Concerned about his reputation,
The Crucible was written in the early 1950s as an exploration of events which took place in Massachusetts in 1692. What does the play have to offer an audience in 2014?
Whenever a written work is adapted into a movie, artistic changes have to be made to create an effective film. The play The Crucible relied heavily on complex dialogue passages and took place in a very small group of settings. Due to time constraints, the movie could not include all of the book’s dialogue and still be entertaining. Thus, the director culled out the most important passages, often separating complex 1 setting scenes in order make the movie easier to understand. The director also used a wide assortment of camera techniques to highlight what portions the director wanted viewers to feel emotional about. Overall, I felt that The Crucible movie adaptation was done well.
Pretend you are Arthur Miller, who just finished writing his play on the Salem witch trials called “The Crucible”. Wait, why did you pick the name crucible out of all the names in the world for your play. What does that word mean, well Webster's dictionary defines a “crucible” as being, “a container in which metals are heated, involving a change." and "a severe test or trial.” Now knowing what it means, why do you know why you picked the word crucible for your the play?
“Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.” by Arthur Miller. All great works provide a way to reach in and grab the audience through the reoccurring themes like, greed, jealousy, reputation and hypocrisy. Arthur Miller had one of those great works and it was called “The Crucible”. The play was based off of the witch trials that happened in Salem in the year of 1962. Some of the characters were actual characters involved in the witch trials. Arthur Miller wrote this play during the time of the “Red Scare”. Miller wrote The Crucible because he wanted to turn the The Salem Witch Trials into
The music suited the movie very nicely. By the type of music playing, you could determine what sort of scene was coming up, either fast and light...
The Crucible is an incredibly influential play no only in the fact that it displays many important themes, but it also portrays how a theocracy impacts societal actions. The Salem witch trials were the culmination of the problems with theocracy. The actions of society, not only are impacted by their personal thoughts, but also in religious undertones affect them. Act two in the play portrays not only all of these themes, but also some important events leading towards the witchcraft hysteria. Act two in the play portrays how theocracy ultimately leads to chaos.
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