I think that this book WAS worth reading. It is an interesting perspective of the Puritans. It would be better if I read, maybe, one or two of the other selections for Puritans, because that way I could compare the books.
I, actually, cannot think of any lasting understandings or knowledge that “The Crucible” left me with. I do, however, want to find out what kind of person Arthur Miller (the author) is and where he lived in the 1950’s. Some of these factors influence how and what an author writes. For instance, if he grew up in a highly religious area, then he might, possibly, write from a more religious perspective than another perspective.
I thought about rereading act 4 also, because it was almost as confusing as act 3 and I was tired when I read it. However, Mr. Wasserman told me that it IS confusing. All of acts 3 and 4 take place in a courtroom, and both acts are just large, confusing conversations that include all of the characters. If acts 3 and 4 were acted out on stage, the producer could just have actors create a large din and every once and a while a person would clearly shout a line from the play. Furthermore, act 4 gets more confusing when everyone imagines there is a bird in the corner of the room and the girls in the scene act weird and speak in unison. If I were to grade this play by how much it filled my expectation of a play about the salem witch trials, I would give it a B.

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