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This is an interesting question because Miller did not really have much flexibility regarding this story's setting, as it is based on real historical events and people. He even quoted portions of actual court proceedings. So, in some ways, this question is asking how setting contributed to actual historical events. The Salem witch trials occurred in 1693, very early in colonial American life. (For reference, the pilgrims arrived in Plymouth in 1620.) Many of the people immigrating to America were doing it for religious reasons. People had very real beliefs about the spiritual world. Combine that with living in small populated pockets of society surrounded by untamed nature, and any given town is setup for possible hysteria.
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