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Sunday, September 27, 2015
2.1 The Overture of "The Crucible" DUE 9/30
In 3-4 complete sentences, answer the following questions. What purpose does the Overture serve? In other words, what does the Overture do?
It sets a base for what The Crucible will be about. It gives a clue/hit to the witch trials and what will happen. it focuses on one city witch is probably where it all started.
The Overture is an explanation about circumstances and facts about the play. It is necessary to make the actors, the director and the audience aware of situation that the play deals with. It would probably be useful to build the set and to make the costumes for the whole play. It also gives background informations to the story but especially to the characters. Giorgia Sasso
the overture is used to establish several things about the story. the first is the setting, it introduces us to where the play takes place. the second is one of the main characters.
The overture of the crucible serves to inform the audience about the social, political, and environmental conditions of the town of Salem MA and it's inhabitants. It tells the reader who Parris is, and his views on the people of Salem and people in general, serving as preliminary information about the character so readers know what he is like as soon as the story begins. The overture also describes the town of Salem, and how they are a society of raging religious fanatics with intense and wild beliefs about their god and the devil. The overture serves to provide preliminary information about the location, residents, and social drama of Salem prior to actually reading the story, making the story feel more personal and carry grater depth for the reader.
The Overture serves as an intro/ background, telling us what to expect in regards to the characters views and personalities and the history of the town and the Puritans. It tells us the basic layout of the town and the forest and what each symbolizes (town=good, forest=evil). It also tells us what the characters are like, both as groups and individuals, and tells us what the Puritans thought of themselves and others. The Overture basically gives us a short background and introduces us to the main character's mindsets.
The Overture of The Crucible serves the purpose of giving a background to the play. This is seen in some of it's stanzas such as, "They were a band of individualists, and a much more ingratiating group than the Massachusetts men. But Virginia destroyed them." which states a bit of what happened before the Salem witch incident that the play is about. Additionally, the Overture also sets the mood for the play as a solemn and forbidding as seen in the previous quote in how it infers that the "Massachusetts men's" spirit has been broken by Virginia. Therefore the Overture is simply the background and "mood-setter" for the play. -Dylan Lawson
The overture in "The Crucible" serves the porpoise of providing background information to the story. The part my group is reading is the "Woods" which shows how the Puritans were afraid of the woods and the Indians in them. they believed these woods to be the last godless place in America.
He uses that Overture to describe us the society of Salem in that moment, which is very particular, comparing it with today's society, and to introduce us to the story. I think he uses a lot of references and metaphors to the actual theme of the play, the political climate in the Cold War.
The overture provides information about a play of the events of the salem witch trials. It describes the people that set the trials in motion. It provides them with a background of Salem's history.
The overture of "The Crucible", It explains what might be a common house in the town of Salem. This is to give some background on living conditions and the atmosphere of the story. However, the overture is quite brief, so as not to distract from the story.
The overture of "The Crucible" provides relevant and interesting background information on the events that occurred during the Salem Witch Trials. Miller talked about all these events, along with crucial information on the mindset and perspective of the Puritan people. If we didn't have this information, we might read through or watch the play and think that these were just a bunch of crazy people, and dismiss the events as that.
The Overture of The Crucible sets up the beginning of the story. It clearly states where and when the story takes place. It sets up the "Norm' of the day, 'being pure' going to church, and serving a purpose in the small community. Laying out the background, the overture sets up the social, and belief systems of the story.
I think it helps us remember the Crucible and understand it. It helps us remember because we have to act/present a part of the Crucible (Often times we did this in Blue Oak.).It also helps that we write it down. We understand it more because we do in-depth questions so we have to understand the text.
The overture serves the purpose of setting context, and giving his own personal opinion on things. The overture also gives the reader an opinion, and based on how he says those opinions, it seems like he is trying to set us in a certain mood about the situation.
The Overture introduces the characters and describes the characteristics of Salem. Gives information about the appearence of the town and describes the society that live in Salem, talks about their ideology.
The overture acts as the introduction of the setting, the characters and the story. In the overture, one could find evidence of foreshadowing and the direction the story could potentially take. Not to mention, the overture provides a window into the motivations and the ideologies of the characters.
The overture of The Crucible gives information about the small house and the town of Salem and the witch trials. Miller explains information on the peoples mind set and perspectives of the Puritan people.
It sets a base for what The Crucible will be about. It gives a clue/hit to the witch trials and what will happen. it focuses on one city witch is probably where it all started.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture is an explanation about circumstances and facts about the play. It is necessary to make the actors, the director and the audience aware of situation that the play deals with. It would probably be useful to build the set and to make the costumes for the whole play. It also gives background informations to the story but especially to the characters. Giorgia Sasso
ReplyDeletethe overture is used to establish several things about the story. the first is the setting, it introduces us to where the play takes place. the second is one of the main characters.
ReplyDeleteThe overture of the crucible serves to inform the audience about the social, political, and environmental conditions of the town of Salem MA and it's inhabitants. It tells the reader who Parris is, and his views on the people of Salem and people in general, serving as preliminary information about the character so readers know what he is like as soon as the story begins. The overture also describes the town of Salem, and how they are a society of raging religious fanatics with intense and wild beliefs about their god and the devil. The overture serves to provide preliminary information about the location, residents, and social drama of Salem prior to actually reading the story, making the story feel more personal and carry grater depth for the reader.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture is an exposition, in a way. It describes the social norms and environment. It sets the stage and elaborates on their ideals.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture serves as an intro/ background, telling us what to expect in regards to the characters views and personalities and the history of the town and the Puritans. It tells us the basic layout of the town and the forest and what each symbolizes (town=good, forest=evil). It also tells us what the characters are like, both as groups and individuals, and tells us what the Puritans thought of themselves and others. The Overture basically gives us a short background and introduces us to the main character's mindsets.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture of The Crucible serves the purpose of giving a background to the play. This is seen in some of it's stanzas such as, "They were a band of individualists, and a much more ingratiating group than the Massachusetts men. But Virginia destroyed them." which states a bit of what happened before the Salem witch incident that the play is about. Additionally, the Overture also sets the mood for the play as a solemn and forbidding as seen in the previous quote in how it infers that the "Massachusetts men's" spirit has been broken by Virginia. Therefore the Overture is simply the background and "mood-setter" for the play.
ReplyDelete-Dylan Lawson
The overture in "The Crucible" serves the porpoise of providing background information to the story. The part my group is reading is the "Woods" which shows how the Puritans were afraid of the woods and the Indians in them. they believed these woods to be the last godless place in America.
ReplyDeleteHe uses that Overture to describe us the society of Salem in that moment, which is very particular, comparing it with today's society, and to introduce us to the story. I think he uses a lot of references and metaphors to the actual theme of the play, the political climate in the Cold War.
ReplyDeleteThe overture provides information about a play of the events of the salem witch trials. It describes the people that set the trials in motion. It provides them with a background of Salem's history.
ReplyDeleteThe overture of "The Crucible", It explains what might be a common house in the town of Salem. This is to give some background on living conditions and the atmosphere of the story. However, the overture is quite brief, so as not to distract from the story.
ReplyDeleteThe overture of "The Crucible" provides relevant and interesting background information on the events that occurred during the Salem Witch Trials. Miller talked about all these events, along with crucial information on the mindset and perspective of the Puritan people. If we didn't have this information, we might read through or watch the play and think that these were just a bunch of crazy people, and dismiss the events as that.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture of The Crucible sets up the beginning of the story. It clearly states where and when the story takes place. It sets up the "Norm' of the day, 'being pure' going to church, and serving a purpose in the small community. Laying out the background, the overture sets up the social, and belief systems of the story.
ReplyDeleteI think it helps us remember the Crucible and understand it. It helps us remember because we have to act/present a part of the Crucible (Often times we did this in Blue Oak.).It also helps that we write it down. We understand it more because we do in-depth questions so we have to understand the text.
ReplyDeleteThe overture serves the purpose of setting context, and giving his own personal opinion on things. The overture also gives the reader an opinion, and based on how he says those opinions, it seems like he is trying to set us in a certain mood about the situation.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture introduce the piece. It explain the context.
ReplyDeleteThe Overture introduces the characters and describes the characteristics of Salem. Gives information about the appearence of the town and describes the society that live in Salem, talks about their ideology.
ReplyDeletethe overture explains the background of the characters and town. it helps you understand the towns people and how they all think/act.
ReplyDeleteThe overture acts as the introduction of the setting, the characters and the story. In the overture, one could find evidence of foreshadowing and the direction the story could potentially take. Not to mention, the overture provides a window into the motivations and the ideologies of the characters.
ReplyDeleteThe overture of The Crucible gives information about the small house and the town of Salem and the witch trials. Miller explains information on the peoples mind set and perspectives of the Puritan people.
ReplyDelete