Salem: Reflection

When I heard the name, I thought of witches,hanging and The Crucible. I was right, in some regards, as the premise of the play dealt with the themes that were prevelant in The Crucible. Those themes consisting of segregation, hate, lies, etc. The fact that the setting was that of a common day high school put an interesting spin on these concepts. It brought about a sense of relation to the characters as they represented the many different stereotypes that are present in a high schooler's everyday life. With this in mind, the play did a really good job of explaining the many kinds of actions that take place between the people of a high school and how they handle these events. As an overall encompassing aspect of the play, discrimination kept reoccuring throughout the play in subtle ways that kept alluding back to the story of The Crucible and the Salem witch trials. Although it may not have been obvious, this play conveyed a message that lent itself primarily to the fact that the discrimination and segregation of others because of their differences is ultimately unethical, as it could cause a significantly evil outcome to be thrust upon those who practice it and/or are affected by it.