How does Arthur Miller create tension in the first three acts of The Crucible and to what ends?

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Tension is the suspense that is felt by the audience. A surprise outcome of any action that is accomplished by certain characters, in this case, in the play of Arthur Miller: The Crucible. Arthur Miller has created different techniques in the three acts to establish an abundant amount of tension, to produce an excellent written play. The Crucible is a play that is surrounded by tense scenes that follow because of the Puritanism religion. These scenes are guided by stage directions which is the principle technique Arthur Miller has used. “A small upper bedroom…”, “A candle still burns near the bed, which is at the right. A chest, a chair, and a small table are the other furnishings…”, “His daughter, Betty Parris, aged ten, is lying on the bed, inert.” As we can see, the stage directions given in the first page of Act one has provided the ‘space’ which refers to the small bedroom, following by the dark scene which refers to the candle. The small space and the darkness being glowed by only one candle, creates a very tense scene where tension is created by the situation of the presenting character. The description of furnish inside the bedroom thrusts the idea of small space which creates a claustrophobic set that charges the audience with tension, not to mention the energy of the feelings and emotion created by observing a young little girl laying inert on her bed. This technique is used because as the play opens with a dramatic scene, the audience would be interested to observe the upcoming events. However, the stage directions mentioned above are only the examples of Act one. This implies how tense other scenes follow the stage direction technique to create an interest in the audience. In the same way, Act two evidently shows the technique of ‘Foreshadowing’. It is the simplest element mentioned at the beginning of any written piece which later is used for one of
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