... introduction of a 'narrator' element in The Crucible is closely related to Miller's attempts to have a separate voice present the author's view of the 'generalized significance' of the 'action' in the later play (Overland 57). The Crucible has a series of non-dramatic interpolated passages in the first act, where the playwright ... character experiencing pitiable obsolescence (160). Miller tracks suffering to the ancient cause, ignorance and he follows Loman's progress from ignorance, suffering, t enlightenment. As in Classic tragedy, the price of this 'Odyssey' is death, but, through his...

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