Miller has made a great many changes to the facts of history in constructing this play. It is a work of literature and not a work of history, and, while he is somewhat concerned with history, providing a strictly accurate version of it is not his intention. For instance, in real life, John Proctor was much older than he is in the play, and Abigail Williams was much younger; there was also no romantic relationship between the two. Moreover,...
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