Top 10 Notes: The Crucible

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
  • This play's original name was "The Chronicles of Sarah Good." Welcome to WatchMojo.com and in this installment of Mojo Notes, we'll be exploring ten things you should know about Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." Special thanks to our users riderj123 and Margaret Rd for submitting the idea on our Suggest Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest!
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  • @chaeyoungvideos5742
    @chaeyoungvideos5742 8 лет назад +270

    I hate abigail williams but I love how pretty winona ryder was

  • @MrAWESOMEsauce919
    @MrAWESOMEsauce919 10 лет назад +230

    Why was this uploaded AFTER my exams on The Crucible

    • @birdlover7875
      @birdlover7875 5 лет назад

      I'm watching this before my exam on The Crucible...

  • @Cornellsims
    @Cornellsims 7 лет назад +257

    Ik I'm not the only one here because of English class

    • @marlyl1957
      @marlyl1957 7 лет назад +1

      Jay Sims no you are not lol

    • @dalal8789
      @dalal8789 5 лет назад +2

      I'm here for my drama class, does that count??

    • @blissfulwarrior6849
      @blissfulwarrior6849 4 года назад

      Nope we just finished act one

    • @sandrag6367
      @sandrag6367 4 года назад

      😂😂 fr lmao

    • @cailynvries1788
      @cailynvries1788 4 года назад

      I just watched the movie today. I couldn’t even watch the ending

  • @jch7687
    @jch7687 7 лет назад +93

    5:55 -Abigail smiles as she watches the innocent people she accused of being witches die.

    • @seanlinehan7249
      @seanlinehan7249 6 лет назад +4

      Jch that Bastard!

    • @mitochondria7388
      @mitochondria7388 6 лет назад +3

      I watched the video too!

    • @OcarinaSapphr-
      @OcarinaSapphr- 6 лет назад +6

      *Notes* doesn't mention that the Abagail of the film made off with the savings of her uncle's family- neither does it mention that the first accused witch, the slave Tituba wasn't killed - why was that, I never understood that part of the history?

    • @madylynn2697
      @madylynn2697 5 лет назад +1

      I auditioned for the part of Abigail’s side kick before I understood the plot😬

  • @yayinruan0237
    @yayinruan0237 9 лет назад +72

    At first I thought the crucible is gonna be boring but it's actually very interesting to me

  • @datelbunboi2233
    @datelbunboi2233 8 лет назад +103

    John Procter has the ultimate YOLO moment in YOLO history

  • @spodybanjack8800
    @spodybanjack8800 10 лет назад +21

    I found my old Crucible book this morning and acted it to my fuckin' self. I love this shit! I once lost a tennis match so I ran away and climbed up a child's climbing frame, and hysterically shouted "BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME!"
    Several kids ran away...

  • @chrishunt586
    @chrishunt586 7 лет назад +76

    we did this play in class, it was an honor to be John Proctor

    • @conservativeliberal
      @conservativeliberal 7 лет назад +3

      Chris Hunt rip you beautiful man

    • @chrishunt586
      @chrishunt586 7 лет назад +2

      Invader Zim 😂😭 thank you sir, I'm a huge fan of your show

    • @laurengardner7686
      @laurengardner7686 7 лет назад +2

      I played John proctor in my play

    • @ephin3242
      @ephin3242 6 лет назад

      I played mercy because she had very few lines

    • @emptyvoices31
      @emptyvoices31 6 лет назад

      I did this play when I was back in college. It was interesting. At one part, I jammed my elbow in a stunt, was in pain and I had to laugh and say the next line. Drama/theater arts was interesting but decided against it as a degree or major.

  • @Nod_Lucario
    @Nod_Lucario 10 лет назад +11

    I remember reading the book (and watching the movie) back in high school (either in Junior or Senior year), dear lord... I remember one of my classmates crying when it got to the part where the people were being hanged...

  • @Italiankid1029
    @Italiankid1029 10 лет назад +11

    I swear to god WatchMojo has been using my high school reading list to make these Top 10 notes videos.

  • @KarentheGreat247
    @KarentheGreat247 10 лет назад +19

    I think WM missed one of the major themes. That the girls in Puritan colonial America had very little autonomy or power. Which is probably why they found the interactions with Tituba so thrilling. Then when they find that the whole town is paying attention to what they say, and, for the first time in their lives, their words and actions are having an influence on their community and the people around them, of course that power is going to go to their heads, and that's one of the reasons why the girls carry on with it for so long.

  • @KyleeAnn
    @KyleeAnn 9 лет назад +32

    I absolutely love the crucible and I can't wait because I just got CASTED in it as Abigail Williams!!

    • @floragosling84
      @floragosling84 8 лет назад +2

      +Kylee Ann Nice! I'm hoping I will be cast as such at my school.

    • @bowlinggal25
      @bowlinggal25 8 лет назад +2

      +Kylee Pauley I play Tituba at my place

    • @MultiTransform1
      @MultiTransform1 8 лет назад +3

      +bowlinggal25 lol me too

    • @MrACPAHMADALI
      @MrACPAHMADALI 8 лет назад +2

      I'm playing John Proctor

    • @TomSpence526
      @TomSpence526 8 лет назад +2

      +Kylee Ann I just played Thomas Putnam

  • @s.l.thecoffeeaddict1657
    @s.l.thecoffeeaddict1657 5 лет назад +2

    My friend was Rebecca Nurse in a recent Crucible play...she was great!

  • @kylasglamkingdom7137
    @kylasglamkingdom7137 7 лет назад +67

    I have a test in English 3 tomorrow over this book🙄

    • @Adartse_
      @Adartse_ 7 лет назад +2

      I have to do a essay having to do with "Lies" said in the book but I fell asleep everytime we had to read so now Im pretty much fucked

    • @AradOkanin
      @AradOkanin 7 лет назад

      same

    • @marlyl1957
      @marlyl1957 7 лет назад +1

      Made in Jamaica same it's my fucken final😤 that book is hella boring

    • @kylaalexander4965
      @kylaalexander4965 7 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂mee too i'm always sleeping when we're reading

    • @kylaalexander4965
      @kylaalexander4965 7 лет назад +2

      😂😂we got to watch the movie and i still slept

  • @briannabrittany3127
    @briannabrittany3127 4 года назад +26

    Your channel's tagline is ironic and not in a good way: "Why read when you can watch?" Here's why: so that at the very least, you get the details of the story correct. Out of 10 points, you got half of them wrong; that would be a FAIL in any high school English class:
    The Crucible is not told by an "all-knowing third-person narrator." You do know that it's a play, right? That is acted upon a stage in a theater, by performers who have memorized the lines to recreate the characters who act the story. "All-knowing third-person narrator?". Did you bother to read it; have you ever seen a live performance of it in a theater?
    John Proctor does not agree to be hanged in order to protect his wife. He chooses to be hanged rather than have his reputation ruined forever: "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul, leave me my name!"
    Proctor does not go to "any length" to expose Abigail. He hesitates and hesitates, argues with Elizabeth about it, browbeats Mary Warren to expose her so he won't have to do it; watches Giles Corey and Frances Nurse put their reputations on the line first; and even then will not admit his adultery until he's finally forced to say it as his only remaining chance. He avoids it until all his other options have run out. Thirteen women falsely arrested weren't enough, and then later, 39 arrests aren't enough to spur him to do anything more than "think about it." It was his delay and unwillingness to expose Abigail that allowed the witch-hunt to get out of hand so quickly.
    Elizabeth does not help him keep his goodness by "allowing" him to be hanged. She says very plainly it is not her decision to make, it is his soul, not hers, but she wants him alive. But she hardly "allows" him to be hanged. She knows it is his conscience, not hers, that is at stake; she states what she would prefer and then she is devastated by his final decision.
    The play's title might be a metaphor for an alchemist's kettle, but the word "crucible" itself refers to a severe and punishing test of a person's morals.
    Abigail did not start the cries of witchcraft as a plot to marry John Proctor. She started it as a way to get herself and her cousin and her friends out of trouble, initially accusing Tituba as the cause of all the trouble. It's not until sometime later that she realizes she can turn the trials to her benefit. But her initial motivation was to cover her ass.
    Seriously. Now I understand why this channel's tagline is what it is: Why read when you can just watch it? Ten points and half of them are wrong; in any high school English class that would be a FAIL. This channel is contributing to the dumbing-down of our youth. Why watch it, when you can have someone else tell you what it's about? Shameful.
    .

  • @kittee6409
    @kittee6409 5 лет назад +15

    I'm playing Abigail Williams in my school's production of The Crucible.

  • @simona_sigmund1001
    @simona_sigmund1001 7 лет назад +17

    My exams tomorrow! I heard that apparently Abigail became a prostitute when she ran away

  • @syntheticromance9015
    @syntheticromance9015 8 лет назад +12

    Ugh I just got done performing in this play. I'm so sad and miss it already.

    • @AvaMoss
      @AvaMoss 8 лет назад +1

      Me too! I miss it so much!

    • @laurengardner7686
      @laurengardner7686 7 лет назад

      A. Hamiltrash me too I played John Proctor

  • @schylergalart9564
    @schylergalart9564 4 года назад +1

    We did the Crucible for One Act Play my sophomore year of high school. I loved every minute of it! We watched the movie to try to learn a little more about all of our characters!

  • @TheNorth15
    @TheNorth15 10 лет назад +23

    Top Ten Mario Kart tracks.

  • @SmashBros2009
    @SmashBros2009 10 лет назад +3

    I remember studying this in English class during my high school days, good times.:)

  • @maceosingleton1281
    @maceosingleton1281 9 лет назад

    WatchMojo is my favorite RUclips channel. It even helps me with my homework.

  • @Pancakeplanet
    @Pancakeplanet 9 лет назад +34

    Town of Salem the game anyone?

  • @gab3963
    @gab3963 6 лет назад +1

    I remember this book in my sophomore year of high school, and the movie is so strong. I love it.

  • @Zimbowlwhim
    @Zimbowlwhim 10 лет назад

    Curse you watchmojo! Your intriguing lists are always keeping me up at night!

  • @mayfl0wers
    @mayfl0wers 10 лет назад +2

    Ah, I remember reading this in high school. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @crazyangst12
    @crazyangst12 10 лет назад +1

    I have read and performed this play in high school. An amazing story really.

  • @Cadam_
    @Cadam_ 10 лет назад +3

    Oh nice. We've been learning about the Salem witch trials the past few weeks and are going to watch the Crucible next week. Now I can spoil it for every one!

  • @thefirely1439
    @thefirely1439 4 года назад +2

    John did not sacrafice himself for his wifes sake. He was given the option to save him and others along with his wife if he gives a confession but due to his honnest nature he decides against it, dying but keeping his honnest nature.

  • @JohnMakesStuff
    @JohnMakesStuff 10 лет назад +4

    Reading this in my english class, its pretty good

  • @TheCusita93
    @TheCusita93 10 лет назад +1

    I love the book and movie so much. It's weird because I just watched it the other day with my mom and she got so emotional during the scene where the judges try to force John Proctor to give a written confession and John Proctor says "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! ...... I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" Ugh, that scene always gets me. Daniel Day-Lewis is the best.

  • @deanloren6100
    @deanloren6100 10 лет назад +3

    This movie made me cry

  • @jsmetalcore
    @jsmetalcore 10 лет назад +6

    Burn baby burn
    She's a witch, she's a witch and I'm a heretic
    So, learn baby learn
    She's a witch, she's a witch and I'm a heretic so, learn

  • @blxshp291
    @blxshp291 7 лет назад

    UGH I LOVE THIS PLAY SO MUCH

  • @victoria_rico03
    @victoria_rico03 4 года назад +4

    I'm reading this in my English class right now! We just finished Act 2. It's so good! We all hate Abigail lol.

  • @SunBunz
    @SunBunz 9 лет назад +18

    I _LOVE_ to hate Abbey Williams. She's awesome.

  • @ReubenCampbellII
    @ReubenCampbellII 10 лет назад +2

    This would've came in handy 3 months ago when I had to do my report on this book (which I barely read).

  • @Gam1ngNation1
    @Gam1ngNation1 10 лет назад

    been doing this in school last month, wish u uploaded this sooner

  • @deniset945
    @deniset945 9 лет назад +3

    Good Video thanks !!
    I think now I am able to take the exam next week
    :)

  • @Antisceptic
    @Antisceptic 10 лет назад +1

    Such a brilliant story.

  • @NamiNuitsuki
    @NamiNuitsuki 10 лет назад +1

    One of my favorite books. Can you please do one for the books 1984 and Candide?

  • @ablackfangirl
    @ablackfangirl 10 лет назад

    thank you mojo this makes home work way easer were reading this in english

  • @svveatrag4562
    @svveatrag4562 8 лет назад

    One of the local LV high schools is hosting a showing of this in theater, hoping to go!

  • @OfficialCyaned
    @OfficialCyaned 10 лет назад +1

    I remember reading this in the 9th grade. It was an interesting play.

  • @jonn_mace_80_95_
    @jonn_mace_80_95_ 10 лет назад

    Very intriguing.

  • @filomenasmith240
    @filomenasmith240 10 лет назад +1

    I love this movie and is great that I to learn more about it😄

  • @Professor_Taiga-Vanguard
    @Professor_Taiga-Vanguard 10 лет назад +5

    where was this two weeks ago?!

  • @scottberger3640
    @scottberger3640 8 лет назад

    Thanks guys this helped alot!!!!!!!

  • @BigSad20
    @BigSad20 10 лет назад +2

    On an unrelated note; it's pretty sad how some people in modern societies still act like the way the characters in The Crucible do. Miller's work still holds true to this day.

  • @buttfker4000
    @buttfker4000 8 лет назад +4

    My favorite part is when John proctor got hit by a car for being a cheeky scrub

  • @factorsknown
    @factorsknown 5 лет назад

    Looking back Watch Mojo you sound 👌👌

  • @MattWantsFood
    @MattWantsFood 10 лет назад +30

    I like this book more than the hunger games books

  • @Merrickz
    @Merrickz 10 лет назад

    Very interested, thanks for the video. :D

  • @lunarmodule9915
    @lunarmodule9915 7 лет назад +3

    For anyone that needs to read this book for school, watch the 1996 movie with Daniel Day Lewis. It is excellent.

  • @sketchy145
    @sketchy145 10 лет назад +1

    Watchmojo posted "Death of a Salesman" when my class was covering it and now this one too. Lol

  • @sadmancho
    @sadmancho 10 лет назад +2

    Where was this when I was in High School!

  • @laurengardner7686
    @laurengardner7686 7 лет назад +2

    We did this play and I played John Proctor

  • @HannaM1814
    @HannaM1814 10 лет назад

    this is such a good story

  • @EddyKaSham
    @EddyKaSham 10 лет назад +1

    As im reading this for class, good looks

  • @jessicalynn1285
    @jessicalynn1285 8 лет назад +2

    i love the play and cant wait i just got casted as abigail williams although nervous i dont wanna mess up lol

  • @will891410
    @will891410 10 лет назад +2

    There is a note that says that "If you are tired of the bed, try to make it sleeps on your back."

  • @MrHootiedean
    @MrHootiedean 10 лет назад +2

    The Crucible is a brilliant play and I thought a very good movie with Winona Ryder's best performance ever.

  • @maurieb82
    @maurieb82 10 лет назад +1

    I remembered reading The Crucible in school. I liked the movie with Daniel Day Lewis. It's stuff I remembered discussing in school. This video might help people who are reading it in school.

  • @unreadable814
    @unreadable814 10 лет назад

    Wow I'm actually reading the play & watching parts of the movie in my English class

  • @shephsnap
    @shephsnap 10 лет назад

    same we just finished it!

  • @Mimyakko
    @Mimyakko 10 лет назад +2

    Could you please do Jane Eyre and Beowulf?

  • @RadieschenVonOben
    @RadieschenVonOben 10 лет назад +1

    Weird! I watched a criminal minds episode today and there was something about a guy, killing women, thinking they were witches and i thought, what was that film i once watched, about witches, that was a good film: and 3 hours later i see this video! That was the Film i was looking for, it's magic!!! Thank you!

  • @gweiss8898
    @gweiss8898 10 лет назад +1

    Please do the fault in our stars please :)

  • @dareusdesign
    @dareusdesign 10 лет назад +1

    Just finished reading this in school.
    It's uh
    it's interesting

  • @Acting365
    @Acting365 8 лет назад

    Playing Mary Warren in my school's production! I can't wait!

  • @heera4435
    @heera4435 3 года назад

    can someone please tell me a good literature website for analysis of this play? My english teacher has completely butchered it and I'm basically teaching myself at this point.

  • @Dan-is2qk
    @Dan-is2qk 6 лет назад

    i have to play john proctor for my drama GCSEs.... i'm very glad i found this lol

  • @seanhorace925
    @seanhorace925 10 лет назад

    I read this book back in High School.

  • @Spsuperstar
    @Spsuperstar 10 лет назад

    Yeah I remembered back at High School in English class. Read the play too.

  • @MegaAchilles23
    @MegaAchilles23 10 лет назад +1

    Best thing I read in high school

  • @DiarraHarris
    @DiarraHarris 10 лет назад +1

    I haven't read it but is it safe to assume that in the story evil won?

  • @C_Mike
    @C_Mike 10 лет назад

    Well this video would have very useful this time last year ready for my english lit gcse.....

  • @genevievevenegas6812
    @genevievevenegas6812 7 лет назад +2

    I had to watch The Crucible for English class I have a test on it tomorrow to be honest I was interested in this but I still have one question was Tituba hanged as well?

    • @tyjatraore2323
      @tyjatraore2323 7 лет назад

      Genevieve Venegas no, she confessed to it (although it wasn't true) so she won't hang.

    • @mayonce6561
      @mayonce6561 7 лет назад

      Genevieve Venegas but she did practice and know voo-doo which can be (in some cases) considered witchcraft

  • @caracarter5946
    @caracarter5946 6 лет назад +1

    My final project for Global Ethics is on the treatment of women in The Crucible, and the political undertones of the piece, as well as the sexual relationships between John and Abigail and John and Elizabeth. This was a huge help to my research!

  • @jokesterr119
    @jokesterr119 10 лет назад +1

    Man, I wish my high school made us read this! But I have a feeling that schools just rush through it and don't really teach kids how to understand the story and etc

  • @bigry98
    @bigry98 10 лет назад

    This is cool

  • @364Leinad
    @364Leinad 10 лет назад +1

    I feel like the only one who actually understood Abigail. Apart from her Vendetta against Goody Proctor, I really felt that her actions were justified by the fact that she was terrified of the consequences of what would happen if it was discovered she was practising witchcraft. It was impossible to turn back and so she had no choice but to continue the charade. I'm not saying that Abigail's a saint but I found her character to be so much more deep that other people.

  • @LilliFychtner
    @LilliFychtner 10 лет назад

    where's that thumbnail from?

  • @TheGabs88
    @TheGabs88 10 лет назад

    I wish this video were made when i was in highschool reading this damn book.

  • @TheSpacecraftX
    @TheSpacecraftX 10 лет назад

    Wow. In 3 and a half weeks I'm writing an essay on this in my Higher Grade English exam.

  • @Hawkschamp2010
    @Hawkschamp2010 10 лет назад

    wish this came out six months ago when we had to read it in school

  • @ClutchClanHQ
    @ClutchClanHQ 10 лет назад

    This just helped me with a Project, Thanks watchmojo.com

  • @jebthompson4576
    @jebthompson4576 10 лет назад

    I wish I had this 4 months ago.

  • @lilyhendrie
    @lilyhendrie 6 лет назад

    I have to study this for my drama GCSE's... fun

  • @mollyanhder3683
    @mollyanhder3683 10 лет назад +1

    The only thing I remember from The Crucible (which I read last year) when Jon said he would rather cut off his hand before reaching for Abigail. BURN!

  • @MersonGuyPlays
    @MersonGuyPlays 10 лет назад +1

    I was John Proctor in my Middle School play...

  • @Lyno1979
    @Lyno1979 10 лет назад

    Did a whole report on the crucible for my 9th grade English class. I really enjoyed the film though.

  • @thomasmoore7845
    @thomasmoore7845 10 лет назад +1

    Mojo you should do the origins of S.H.E.I.L.D.

  • @SRTerrio
    @SRTerrio 10 лет назад +1

    i was proctor in this lol. this is probably my favorite play

  • @AlectheGuru
    @AlectheGuru 10 лет назад

    this is a great movie.

  • @dabaws4566
    @dabaws4566 4 года назад +1

    I would argue that Judge Danforth is the true antagonist and Reverend Hale the Protagonist. Hale is the only person in the town who tries to save lives by getting people to confess. Danforth on the other hand kills 12 people mostly because he can’t not hang them because it would be unfair to those already hanged

  • @mitochondria7388
    @mitochondria7388 6 лет назад +1

    Reverend Parris is hands-down the best character in the play/movie. He carries the whole performance and is GOD!

  • @gamerlover20o2
    @gamerlover20o2 7 лет назад +2

    I'm in this and I was Putnam at my school production

  • @mtacritic3663
    @mtacritic3663 10 лет назад

    Oh cool, reading the play in school now haha

  • @spartansrifle
    @spartansrifle 10 лет назад

    YAAAS IM DOING PROJECTS ON THIS BOOK IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!