What does the exposition in the beginning of act one tell readers about the way they are to perceive the events that follow? explain?

The play Crucible is written by Arthur Miller in 1953. The play is dramatized and partialized, which took place in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

The play describes the visual form of McCarthyism when the government accused communists.

The beginning act of the play represents that the narrative will take place in the puritan society, religious, and with filtering thinking.

The reader understands that because of puritanism, the city is governed by strict rules and dictates the appropriate behavior. The people following different paths will be judged and punished.

The narration will cause the rise of commotion and hysteria in the city. The events occur due to violation of rigid rules of the limited thinking society.

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You forgot to say what was the play that the question is referring to.

The question is referring to the play "The crucible".

The beginning of the act in "The Crucible" shows that the reader that the whole narrative of the play will take place in a very puritan society, extremely religious and with limited thinking. It also shows that because of so much Puritanism the city where the play is established is governed by a set of very strict rules that dictate the appropriate behavior, and those that are different will be considered wrong and will be judged.

With that, we can understand that the events that will arise during the narrative, will cause a great hysteria and commotion in the city, because they are events that violate the rigid rules of this very limited society.