Comparative essay between the end of scene four, The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Drinking Companion, Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn.

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Comparative essay between the end of scene four, The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Drinking Companion, Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn.

My drama class was split into four groups and each group was given a selected scene or part from The Crucible to rehearse and act for one piece of coursework. My group was given the end of act four and the ending of the play. I was to play Proctor and had to think hard about how to portray him in the section, as it was a crucial part in the play.*

We were given Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn, a play to read and compare with the section acted of The Crucible.

Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn is split into five plays within one, which can be performed separately or as a whole, this is in fact very similar to the way in which we acted The Crucible, in four sections, acted by different people and all linked by one character. Confusions concentrates on a number of stories which portray the lives of a number of characters. The Crucible also has many stories in one, but in acting it we concentrated on one that presented itself all the way though, we made an emphasis on John Proctors story as it is a compelling and heartfelt tale.

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Confusions seemed to have a running theme of adultery in every play it was touched upon or even made the main issue, it was also noticeable that a lot of the time, the characters in Confusions seemed to be put in the position to make a choice, to take the easy way out of the dilemmas that they faced or not too. These elements are both present in The Crucible, mainly involving John Proctor and Abigail. Abigail is the source of the John Proctor story which gave this play depth and excitement. Other characters that seem to make choices where ...

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