Dramatic Tension in The Crucible by Miller Essay -- Miller Crucible

Dramatic Tension in The Crucible by Miller The Crucible CourseworkExcitement, nervousness, stress, anxiety, suspense, unease, andapprehension are every(prenominal) forms of hammy tightness that Miller createsthroughout the Crucible. Dramatic tension is created by Millerthroughout the Crucible in many ways. Straightaway, the title of theplay, the Crucible implies to the audience of the tension that is tocome in the play. Miller names the play the Crucible to representthe puritanical society of Salem, the historic people of Salem wantedto purify each(prenominal) other from the Devils work, they even went to theextent of killing their fellow neighbours in order to purify them. Thevariety of characters involved in the witch trials all combine tocreate suspense. Miller creates vivid personalities for the maincharacters in the play, the characters are contrasting and theirrelationships between each other create tension. Speech directionsinfluence how the characters discourse and act. The stage settings craftedby Miller create tension, especially in Act 3, in the court room scenewhere there is dramatic tension created by the characters arguingvigorously with each other.Miller uses the setting of The Crucible to create dramatic tension.The play took place in a newly made colony called Salem at the time of1692. Miller describes the in such a way that it creates an atmosphereof tension throughout the play. Salem was surrounded by state of naturesome of Salems people were killed from tribes that were from theseforests. The religious leaders were fiercely puritanical andprotective of their religion, a form of protestant Christianity. Thereligious leaders were so zealous and paranoid about their religiousbe... ...to end theplay, responding to Hales plea that she convince Proctor to publiclyconfess He put up his worthiness now. God forbid I take it from himMiller uses speech directions and descriptions of action in the playto create an atmosphere of tension through out The Crucible. In thelast page of the play Miller uses speech directions to show howdesperate herald is to stop Proctor from hanging himself, Miller showshim dropping to his knees to show his desperation. Hail does all hecan to stop Proctor from hanging and surprisingly so too does Parris,this creates tension because even Parris, who hated Proctor, wants theridiculous hangings to stop because they have gone out of control.Miller describes the beating of the drum rolls to create an atmosphereof suspense, the drum rolls are a gradual sign of the music ofProctors heroic yet tragic death.