Comparing The Physical And Social Setting In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

The physical and social setting of the villages of year of wonders and the Crucible present a support to the events that occur in both texts. Due to the physical location of the villages, the communities of Salem and Eyam are both isolated. Anna describes her village as “far from any important road”, while Arthur Miller describes Salem as being “at the edge of the wilderness.” Minimalized contact where the Indian tribes lived in the ‘virgin forest’ was seen as the ‘devil’s last paradise,’ in Salem, and the outside villages of Eyam are seen as unnecessary and dangerous, with ‘no need to journey that far’ where characters such as Brady and Maggie experienced violence. Both villages have an enclosed community run by Christian principles and close