The drama started in ancient Greece and Aristotle believed that every play should a have a beginning, middle, and an end. The Roman Aelius Donatus produced the three divisions and called them Protasis, Epitasis, and Catastrophe. The three act structure was later redeveloped into having five separate parts called the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. This new was about organizing literature was made famous by Shakespeare and is evident in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. This play, however only contains four Acts so many of the Acts don’t just contain one part of the five- act structure.
The exposition for The Crucible starts in Act I in the dreary settlement of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The small town …show more content…
In this phase your experience more informative towards plot and the story has started to process more rapidly since the exposition contains most of the important information. Since The Crucible only has four acts the rising action actually starts towards the end of the first act and continues into the second act. As the rising action starts a new and well respected character is introduced and his name is John Proctor. Proctor doesn’t believe there is witchcraft with this statement “Oh, it is a black mischief.” (pg. 851) meaning there is a different meaning behind this accusation. In this act we also find out that John Proctor also has Mary Warren who is one of Abigail’s friends living at his house. As the play progresses Mary Warren lets out that Abigail mentions Elizabeth Proctor in court, but the subject was dismissed since she lives with her. Arthur Miller begins to develop the play and move towards the climax of the story when the main protagonist 's wife Elizabeth Proctor is taken away for witchcraft after being accused of making a voodoo doll of Abigail Williams to harm her. John Proctor then vows to get her out of jail and to claim her innocence by using Mary Warren to say the doll was made out of boredom in the court …show more content…
Arthur Miller does this by making John’s accusation fail and making him become accused of witchcraft. This creates a solemn feel to the way Johns work led to him becoming one of the people hung for being accused of witchery. While in prison though John learns that Elizabeth has said she is pregnant and will be saved because of the innocence of the baby. As John is sitting in prison Abagail visits him and tells him about how she only wanted him and not for everyone else to get hurt, and that she and him should run away to the Barbados and start a new life together. John turns her down and as the rising action begins to close the leader of the witch hunt has abandoned her position and fled to another
The exposition for The Crucible starts in Act I in the dreary settlement of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The small town …show more content…
In this phase your experience more informative towards plot and the story has started to process more rapidly since the exposition contains most of the important information. Since The Crucible only has four acts the rising action actually starts towards the end of the first act and continues into the second act. As the rising action starts a new and well respected character is introduced and his name is John Proctor. Proctor doesn’t believe there is witchcraft with this statement “Oh, it is a black mischief.” (pg. 851) meaning there is a different meaning behind this accusation. In this act we also find out that John Proctor also has Mary Warren who is one of Abigail’s friends living at his house. As the play progresses Mary Warren lets out that Abigail mentions Elizabeth Proctor in court, but the subject was dismissed since she lives with her. Arthur Miller begins to develop the play and move towards the climax of the story when the main protagonist 's wife Elizabeth Proctor is taken away for witchcraft after being accused of making a voodoo doll of Abigail Williams to harm her. John Proctor then vows to get her out of jail and to claim her innocence by using Mary Warren to say the doll was made out of boredom in the court …show more content…
Arthur Miller does this by making John’s accusation fail and making him become accused of witchcraft. This creates a solemn feel to the way Johns work led to him becoming one of the people hung for being accused of witchery. While in prison though John learns that Elizabeth has said she is pregnant and will be saved because of the innocence of the baby. As John is sitting in prison Abagail visits him and tells him about how she only wanted him and not for everyone else to get hurt, and that she and him should run away to the Barbados and start a new life together. John turns her down and as the rising action begins to close the leader of the witch hunt has abandoned her position and fled to another