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How does Miller use the character of Alfieri to involve the audience and illustrate the cultural context of the play?
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How does Miller use the character of Alfieri to involve the audience and illustrate the cultural context of the play? Alfieri is used in a multitude of ways by Miller to help the play at various stages. He is a character in the play, which other characters interact with, however, he is displaced somewhat because he comments on the goings on of the play, expands on what has happened to make it clearer to the audience, links scenes together and to a certain extent takes the role of a narrator. The character of Alfieri as a lawyer is wisely chosen. Lawyers at that time were seen as a sign of bad luck as with priests, because they were symbols of the law and "law has not been a friendly idea since the Greeks were beaten". This shows that Alfieri does not always bring good news and often brings about the things that...
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