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How Does Miller Use Foreshadowing In The Crucible
Miller makes sure that the play is assembled so that the conclusion of the conflicts appear inevitable.
He has written the play in a way that makes Eddie’s downfall obvious with the use of foreshadowing and other language techniques. Eddie’s opposition with impossible obstacles such as trying to overcome the fact that his niece has grown up and his inability to admit his inappropriate feelings for Catharine along with his extreme loathing towards Rodolpho and later on Marco all comes to the final act that doomed the character Eddie Carbone .

The writer starts to foreshadow before the characters are presented to initiate the readers to the idea that the play will contain hardships and problems between them. “Bloody course” This suggest that the community in the play is bound to contain an act of violence that is suggested by Alfieri by using the word “bloody”. The word “bloody” may also imply the fact that someone will die a tragic death either by accident or on purpose. We …show more content…
This shows the limits Eddie will reach to stop Catherine’s love for Rodolpho and Beatrice’s support for them, he always tries to fight the impossible; which is a key factor that ultimately lead Eddie to the inevitable
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