As a playwright, Arthur Miller has a wide range of tools to convey character traits and relationships to the audience unavailable to, for example, novelists. In this section, we are able to observe the relationship between John Proctor and his wife, Elizabeth, for the first time. Analyze how the author uses a mix of dialogue and stage direction to create a sense of distance between John and Elizabeth. What techniques do you think are most effective? Cite evidence from the text to support your analysis.