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(I assume you are talking about Arthur Miller's passages in his plays like The Crucible) it gives extra information to the reader that an audience member would not know. This background information is extra to the story, not necessary but help the reader get a context with the story but also apply it to what is going on in Miller's time period.
In Arthur Miller's play"The Crucible," the reader learns that Thomas Putnam was a violent and ambitious wealthy man who would falsely accuse individual of witchcraft in order to purchase their land.
It gives the reader additional facts that an audience member would not know in the Crucible. This background information is optional for the story, but it helps the reader understand the story and connect it to Miller's historical period.
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