The Duggars and The Crucible

[luckylassie]

When I was in high school we had to read Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible". The play was set in puritan New England. Basically, it was a bunch of people calling each other out for being witches and an entire town freaking out over little things. People were called out for things like reading books, plowing their farms on Sunday, and having dolls in their house. It seems the Duggars world is kind of like this. Men and women in the meeting houses couldn't even sit together on the same side of the church.

[Patsy]

Who do the Duggars call out?

[luckylassie]

The Duggars don't call out anyone that I know of. I was just describing what the play was mainly about.

[IceQueen]

Yeah but isn't is actually about McCarthyism? This play involves a lot of critical thinking to be taught in a school and even a SOTDRT that is something they happen to lack.

[luckylassie]

Yes. The play was written I think, in response to McCarthyism.

[bananacat]

I doubt any of the Duggars have read that book. Or if they have, they probably thought it was something to aspire to. They are not good with abstract understanding.

[finleeport]

I don't think they would read that book, they might think that it is an insult to their religion. And maybe they wouldn't want their girls to be like Abigail, she was after all flirting with John Proctor.

[cindyluvs24]

Yeah but in the movie he was played by Daniel Day Lewis so defraud away.

[lauracat7]

The Duggars do live in Arkansas, home of West Memphis and the three recently freed men, so I think the Cruciable reference certainly fits the Duggars and their poor education, lack of critical thinking and constant determination to split the world into "us" and "Them" colonies with "Them" certainly enemies for the JesusArmies of the Quiver. I have no trouble imagining Boob, Mullet, Anna or Joshie sitting on that jury and condemning the 3 men to death over black clothing, music, Wicca and lack of scientific evidence in the midst of religious hysteria.

[Guest Anonymous]

I doubt any of the Duggars have read that book. Or if they have, they probably thought it was something to aspire to. They are not good with abstract understanding.

Please God, if the Duggars HAVEN'T read The Crucible, I hope they don't start now. They, especially Joshie, would mistake it for a documentary. Or maybe a how-to manual

[Justme]

Please God, if the Duggars HAVEN'T read The Crucible, I hope they don't start now. They, especially Joshie, would mistake it for a documentary. Or maybe a how-to manual

naw.... Joshie would probably eat it! :P

[Visionoyahweh]

Please God, if the Duggars HAVEN'T read The Crucible, I hope they don't start now. They, especially Joshie, would mistake it for a documentary. Or maybe a how-to manual

The Crucible combined with The Handmaid's Tale is their ultimate instruction manual for Jesus' glorious future.

[Anxious Girl]

Who do the Duggars call out?

If Sanatorum is president and Jim Boob the vice (which unlikely) then they will call out anybody who isn't a white "Vision Forum" Christian of European descent. I feel that religious people who feel that they should "preserve" their culture/race/religion are more scary to kick people out with violence than the days of McCarthyism because it has happened so often in the past in many countries before McCarthyism started. Of course, this's just my opinion.

P.S: Btw, I love The Crucible! I want to buy it but I already have too many books that I need to finish reading...

[finleeport]

I would think The Crucible would offend people like the Duggars and Vision Forum since its makes the Puritans cruel and tyrannical.

[slickcat79]

Who do the Duggars call out?

Well, if we're just talking about Josh:

-special needs kids

-people from SC

-public schoolers

-catholics

-homosexuals

-democrats

-republicans who support Romney

-anyone who supports Ron Paul

-Obama, his family and his supporters

JB&M are generally more circumspect.

[Anxious Girl]

@luckylassie: Dammit, now you have inspired me to make a modern day The Crucible with the warning of what would happen if the American government became an out-dated Puritan theocracy for the 21st century or who somebody who joined a culture war cult that hides behind the "I'm a good religious (a.k.a fundie) fundy in disguise! I wonder if this will be acceptable on fictionpress...

[lilwriter85]

I doubt that anyone in the Duggar family has read The Crucible. I can't see anyone in ATI having it apart of their curriculum. As others have mentioned the play was a response to McCarthyism and Miller used some details from the Salem Witch Trials and the characters were fictionilized versions of the real people. When I read it back in high school, my teacher mentioned that The Crucible isn't popular in some part of the U.S. I can see people in the South not liking it.