Journal #3

                                                A Different Viewpoint
In response to blog post prompt number four, I saw the Crucible in a different way by seeing it live.

Seeing the stage come to life with the characters in their costumes, how certain scenes were put together by the layout of the set, and the traits that the actor saw in their character. In my high school English class we had read the Crucible, so I was somewhat familiar with the play, but I had never seen the play live.  I enjoyed seeing the play from a new perspective because watching it live was different than simply reading the play. There are certain details where it easier to understand by watching it live than from reading it. It was interesting to see different scenes to the play and how they set it up. I liked seeing the stage put together because it helped to set the time period and place. In John Proctors house you could see that they did not have much by the way their house looked and the clothes that they had worn.  I got a better understanding of emotions for the different characters because you could see the emotions they are portraying rather then reading them. It was interesting to see how the actors depicted their character in certain situations in the play.  Before I went to the play I was curious to see if they were going to condense any scenes in a way that would possibly leave things out. I noticed that they did not miss anything that was not important to the main points to the play.  Seeing the play live gave me a different perspective on the details in the characters, scenes, and emotions that the play represents. 

http://dramatica.com/analysis/the-crucible