of believable dialogue for his 17th century puritans

although partly based on what he found in salem records, most of it is

it is convincingly old-fashioned without it being hard to understand

the language carries echos of the king james bible; but word by word,

apart from a few achatic terms - such as 'harlot' and 'poppet' - the

miller achieves his effects by linking words in an unusual way, using

double negatives, chnging verb tenses, and other devices of the same

Some common words found in the essay are:
, pg 10,
Approximate Word count = 418
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)