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The answer should be 'D' but it can depend based on teachers, if your teacher has talked often about general reference sites then they might want 'A'.
To build suspense. Plays are not interesting without conflict. In this case the conflict surround John Proctor, the tragic hero, we would not be interested in Puritan drama.
'What a puppet thing life is' means that 'the course of life is determined by pure chance'.