Arthur Miller, in his play The Crucible, "announces" Elizabeth Proctor's pregnancy late in the drama. During the Salem Witch Trials, pregnant women were not punished (hanged/pressed/put through the trials) until after they delivered their child. The pregnant women, instead, would stay in jail until their child was born.
One could assume that Miller "made" Elizabeth pregnant for a few reasons. First, he does not wish to have one of the loved...
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