This is the first time that the audience sees Elizabeth, although we already know some about her. We already know about John's affair, and that he has ended it. We assume that Elizabeth has knowledge of it, because of her dismissal of Abigail and the rumors circling about Abigail. We also know already that Elizabeth has suffered some sort of illness.
In this scene, Miller uses a minimal amount of words, but those words speak powerfully. The...
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