54: The Crucible

This play, I re-read as my English 11 classes studied, discussed, loved to hate Abigal, and slowly came to respect John Proctor.  Just cannot help it...that "It's my name" scene still resonates with me, so strong, so powerful.

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory of the McCarthy Era and the Red Scare.  For this reason, my students and I could more easily parallel these events with other more current events, sometimes events that were occurring right out in the hallways.

Good rationale why classics such as these should be assigned.  Some books would never be chosen, if not assigned...but I digress...