Many people, young and old, have heard of the Salem Witch Trials or read The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller that showed how bad and how many accusations there were. Arthur Miller’s play is best known for helping people understand what the witch trials were like and the life of everyone in the little town as they almost all suffered accusations and death sentences. His play is better than most others because of all of the behind the scene descriptions that help people follow the play. Characterization, setting, and tone are the devices used to make the play easier to understand for the reader.
One device used to explain the witch trials and the people involved is characterization. Every character has their own personality and the author describes that personality before …show more content…
Before the character talks, the author tells how the character is feeling. For example, “Parris, with anger” (Miller 11). This tells that Parris was angry so when the reader read his part in the play he knew it had to be with anger. The author not only tells about single characters but also in groups: “A roaring goes up from the people” (Miller 84). Lastly, Miller uses punctuation along with words to tell how a character is responding. For example, when Mary Warren was mad, the author said that she was mad and used an exclamation point to show this: “Mary Warren, terrified, pleading: Abby”
(Miller 108)! Therefore, tone is an important part in performing a play or reading it because it tells the reader a little more about how each character is feeling.
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was not only about the Salem Witch Trials but also was a satire of the Red Scare. The purpose of this play is to explain to the people what life was like during these events. Miller’s use of setting, tone, and characterization provide the reader with an image which makes it easy to follow along in their
One device used to explain the witch trials and the people involved is characterization. Every character has their own personality and the author describes that personality before …show more content…
Before the character talks, the author tells how the character is feeling. For example, “Parris, with anger” (Miller 11). This tells that Parris was angry so when the reader read his part in the play he knew it had to be with anger. The author not only tells about single characters but also in groups: “A roaring goes up from the people” (Miller 84). Lastly, Miller uses punctuation along with words to tell how a character is responding. For example, when Mary Warren was mad, the author said that she was mad and used an exclamation point to show this: “Mary Warren, terrified, pleading: Abby”
(Miller 108)! Therefore, tone is an important part in performing a play or reading it because it tells the reader a little more about how each character is feeling.
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was not only about the Salem Witch Trials but also was a satire of the Red Scare. The purpose of this play is to explain to the people what life was like during these events. Miller’s use of setting, tone, and characterization provide the reader with an image which makes it easy to follow along in their