Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Stage directions
- Act 1
- The sunlight streaming through the window contrasts with the dark, oppressive events
- Page 1: "There is a narrow window at the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams
- Something is clearly wrong as betty is inert- makes the audience question it
- Page 1: "Betty Parris, aged ten, is lying on the bed, inert
- Parris likes to make a spectacle of himself; he's very intent on appearences
- Page 1: "Reverand Parris is discovered kneeling beside the bed, EVIDENTLY in prayer
- The candle burning next to Betty's bed symbolises hope
- Page 1: "A candle still burns"
- Act 2
- The darkness of the room keeps things hidden- the secrets in the marriage
- The long room allows Proctor and Elizabeth to keep thier physical distance from each other- a metaphor for their emotional distance
- Page 41: "rather long living room"