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The Crucible Act one The beginning - What clues does it give us to the rest of the story?
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Act one The beginning. What clues does it give us to the rest of the story? Throughout act one, Arthur Miller gives the audience a small picture of what will happen later on. He introduces the key themes and emotions that occur frequently throughout the play, hysteria, fear and uncertainty. Arthur Miller writes a small overture describing the setting. He comments on the scene they are in. He describes the bedroom. The audience know that something is not right by the way it is described. "Raw and un-mellowed". This is a description of the exposed roof rafters but it reflects the atmosphere in the room and it gives the audience an idea that something bad will happen in this room later on in the play. In the room lays a girl. Her father, Reverend Parris is kneeling by her bedside, "evidently in prayer". The overture makes the audience wary of Reverend...
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