The Crucible Alienation Scene

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We then cut to an odd disjointed scene that cuts between Walker marching down a corridor, Lynne at the hairdressers, in bed and Walker driving to her apartment. Over all these intercutting scenes we can hear the loud sounds of his footsteps as he walks down the corridor, which increases the tension of the scene. The footsteps get louder and louder and build into almost a crescendo before he barges into Lynne’s apartment and then fires several rounds of his gun into the bed.

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