John and Abigail’s affair serves as a catalyst (starting point) for the events of the play, yet historically no such affair ever took place. Why did Arthur Miller use his dramatic license (ability as a writer) to invent this relationship?

to make the reader (or watcher of the play) more interested and Change the story into his own

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the purpose of a nonfiction text is to give the text a rap up. for example, when i say : frogs are interesting animals is an ending. then when i say: frogs are unique in different ways. that is an intro.

the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

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