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THEATER
The declaration strikes like a lightning bolt, illuminating the murky landscape of Arthur Miller's fictional Salem in The Crucible. Deputy Governor Danforth, who is presiding over the witchcraft trials, is trying to turn aside a challenge to their legitimacy by John Proctor, whose wife stands accused by Proctor's former mistress. Danforth's response is his axis-of-evil...
Pale Fire of a New 'Crucible'
By JULIA M. KLEINThe declaration strikes like a lightning bolt, illuminating the murky landscape of Arthur Miller's fictional Salem in The Crucible. Deputy Governor Danforth, who is presiding over the witchcraft trials, is trying to turn aside a challenge to their legitimacy by John Proctor, whose wife stands accused by Proctor's former mistress. Danforth's response is his axis-of-evil...
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