One of the best techniques used is Proctor's sarcasm in
the lines:
Proctor: laughs insanely, A
fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my
face, and yours, Danforth! ... We will burn
together!
The magistrates
have just asked Proctor for his confession a "final" time and he is giving it. He
doesn't mean it though. He is acting just like the girls and he is "seeing" something
fake.
We also see characters turn near the end of Act III.
Thus, they are being dynamic characters. Mary Warren who
had come to court on behalf of Proctor, is now back with Abby, and Hale who had been on
the side of the magistrates in the beginning is even damning the
court.
Finally, I think John Proctor's
line:
You are
pulling Heaven down and raising up a
whore!
creates great
conflict. This is a true statement, it is metaphorical, and it attacks the very core of
their beliefs. He is trying to show their hypocrisy.
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