What is the historical purpose of Miller’s The Crucible? to be a reminder of the consequences of mass hysteria
to be a lesson about the rise and fall of power among men
to be a record of the mass hysteria during the McCarthyism era
to be an accurate depiction of life during the Salem Witch Trials

the answer is b. the tomb is underground and dark, and its opening is covered by a heavy grate.

the switch in narration increases the proximity of the narrator to the main character and the reader can perceive information only through the filter of a single character.

by caca

explanation:

the third paragraph is your answer,

"but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "