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Unit 1: Exploration Notes - The Crucible Essay 4: Use of Language 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller fits into the genre of a Realism. It's time period is set in the late 1600s. Thus the language used in the script is archaic and realistic for the time period it is set. The images that 'The Crucible' creates in the mind's of the audience (although infrequent) are enlarged and exaggerated; Danforth declares he would 'hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes' John Proctor describes his farm as a 'continent' and his wife's behaviour as an 'everlasting funeral'. This enhances the imagery in the minds of an audience. The play is of a naturalistic theme, but in the language Miller can be surreal. In order to make the audience aware of what is happening elsewhere than the...

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