Reverend Parris is a detailed character who makes the play dramatic. Arthur miller had made this character dramatic by making the character self righteous arrogant and making parris narrow minded. Reverend Parris is in his middle forties. He is a widower and has a daughter named Betty who is ten years old.
This tells us that Paris is cared about his job than anything else. He is Abigail Williams’s uncle. Parris is a round character. He does not have many friends in the village. He cares more about his reputation than truth. He is gullible, uncaring and villainous which makes the play dramatic as this kind of characters makes dramatic play
Abigail Williams is a very beautiful girl. She is an orphan who lives with her uncle reverend parris. She is seventeen years old. Abigail makes the crucible dramatic because she’s a static character who does not change through the play.
“Let either of you breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other or I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you”.
This shows us the bad side of Abigail and how bad she can be. She makes the dramatic accusations which fires up people and serves the purpose to start the plot and keep it moving by introducing the idea of witches in the village to the townspeople. Abigail is cunning, conniving, and deceitful. ‘I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near!’ through this she is able to control proctor. Arthur miller makes this plot dramatic by making up accusations of witches which all turns into a big thing.
Miller uses several devices to evoke and place one of these is setting, the church’s the centre of the town, geographically and normally, significantly, it is a place of judgement. The town is small and undeveloped as a settler’s town would be farms dominate and provide the main source of the town’s income.
Costumes also reflect time and place, they are basic and conservative. The presence of slaves reminds us of the century. So this makes the play dramatic because it’s settled in a place where dramatic scenes could take place.
The theme of this play was rising over adversity, and standing for truth even to death. This is the theme for many plays and always a dramatic one. John, in the beginning, wanted to keep distant from the trials. He did not want to have a part, whether good or bad. When Elizabeth was arrested, he was forced to become a part of it. Through the trail, he confessed of his affair and cleansed and cleansed himself of his sin. He stood for what he knew to be the truth which made the crucible dramatic, and died as a martyr learning what truth meant through his sufferings.
Through proctors struggle, Miller displays the struggles within each of our own hearts which made the crucible very dramatic.
Characterisations in “the crucible” are developed through process, speech and narration. Modern characters tend to be ordinary people, proctor is ordinary and we can sympathise with him on the whole. This is partly because it’s concerned with understanding how language and culture determine our actions and experiences. Much of the weirdness comes from the way girls following Abigail by control of language. They mimic Mary, breaking her down. She loses her individuality and becomes one of them, using the language of accusation. The voice of the individual is overpowered by the language of conformity. This is very dramatic because its tens and nerve wrecking when you see Mary break down.
In my opinion “the crucible” is very dramatic. The use of language, the settings and themes make the crucible really dramatic. Without these Arthur miller would not have made the crucible very dramatic. So all together I think that the crucible is a terrific dramatic play written by Arthur miller.
