1. Miller’s Use of Language in The Crucible

2. MILLER’S USE OF LATINATE STRUCTURES
I came to love its feel, like hard burnished wood. Without planning to, I even elaborated a few of the grammatical forms myself, the double negatives especially, which occurred in the trial scene much less frequently”.

3. Inverted Sentence Structure
Danforth
“We come not for your life”

4. “I never said no such thing.”
Double Negatives
PROCTOR
“I never said no such thing.”

5. WHAT IS THE DRAMATIC EFFECT OF MILLER’S USE OF LATINATE STRUCTURES?
Think about…
 Who speaks in this style most frequently
At which points in the drama the style is used
 How the use of double negatives and inverted sentence structure might link to the idea of DENIAL and ACCUSATION in the play.