Imagine you are Directing Act 3 of ‘The Crucible’ – Consider how you will Demonstrate Miller’s Dramatic Techniques through Abigail in this Scene

... Imagine you are Directing Act 3 of 'The Crucible' - Consider how you will Demonstrate Miller's Dramatic Techniques through Abigail in this Scene Introduction I intend to study the Crucible by Arthur Miller. I will be looking at act 3, through the eyes of a director. The character I will mainly be focusing on is Abigail Williams, a late teen who had committed adultery with the well thought of, John Proctor. The play was written in 1952 and was an allegory of the political state of America under the supervision of Senator Joseph McCarthy. The play was set in 1692 in a god-fearing, puritan village that was isolated in the east of Massachusetts. This play is based upon the Salem witchcraft trials, two centuries before the book was written and therefore the location of the play was thought of to be masking the anti-communist message it was portraying. The basis of the play

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