Miller used the play as a criticism of McCarthyism. The Crucible is about the witch-hunt, plus trials that took place in Salem in 1692. In this play people cared about other people's business and being accused of witchcraft was the most dangerous sin. To avoid being hanged people accused others... so yeah
The use of slaughter in the excerpt helps to show that the play was filled with many brutal deaths including those caused from swords.
<h3>How is slaughter emphasized in the conversation?</h3>
The speaker is talking about drawing up hisbsword against conspiratotors.
The use of the word conspirators would have to do with the people that killed Caesar. He goes on to talk about another Caesar slaughteing the men that had killed Julius Caesar.
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The answer would be D because it is the opposite of a torrent
It would be C because they're using the fact that they've lived in the city for so long to convey credibility.