Miller’s purpose to include this excerpt in the opening narrative was B. to compare the Salem Witch Trials with the political atmosphere of his time.
This introduction in the play signals a foreshadowing of what is going to happen as the events are recalled. However, Miller’s purpose throughout the play is to compare those historical events to what was happening at the time he wrote it. Arthur Miller sought to criticize Senator McCarthy’s prosecution of presumed communists US citizens by comparing it with the Salem Trials, in which innocent people were accused of witchcraft and later hanged.
Hum..can be a noun but a noun is a person place or thing and can be a verb but a verb is an action word so humm.. so on my opinion is a adjective ☺
Your text is cut off can u take a better picture please?
I believe it means that if you fall without a helmet on, you could concuss yourself or cause other damage to your brain. Not entirely sure though!