Arthur Miller stated that The Crucible was an "act of desperation” because he was afraid of becoming one of the accused
he feared unfairness, accusations, and mass hysteria in the world
he wanted to creatively express his political and social thoughts
all of the above

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explanation:

the underline word is basically like a prepositional phrase.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.