Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" holds a completely divergent view of the Salem witchcraft trials than that of Cotton Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World." This is evident because both authors came from different backgrounds and time periods. Cotton Mather came from a time when God and his religion ruled over the commonwealth of New England who held the view that witchcraft was a sin. Therefore, whoever was seen engaging in such acts was immediately sought after by the masses; this led to a large breakout of mob hysteria. Arthur Miller came from a time that witnessed a scourge of anti-Communist mobs of whom Arthur Miller was a victim.

The differing views of the author's are patent in their choice of audience for their writings. Cotton Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World" was targeted towards the conformist, Puritan society that was fascinated and overwhelmed by the spread of the Devil and witchcraft. Arthur Miller, on the contrary, was writing to a modern, 1950s American audience that was experiencing the spread of senator McCarthy's anti-Communist regime. Arthur Miller, nonetheless, sets "The Crucible" in a P

Arthur Miller and Cotton Mather present their disparate ideas of the Salem witch trials through their use of language and choice of audience. Their contrasting views of the trials where due to their differing backgrounds, experiences, and time periods. Cotton Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible" presented Puritan views advocating the witch trials and hunts. Arthur Miller, in contrast, illustrated the terrors that took place because of the threats and propaganda in a society that was brainwashed.

In addition to the choice of audience, the differing views of Arthur Miller and Cotton Mather are present in their use of tone. Cotton Mather wrote in a tone that was very objective and concrete. He stressed the issues in "Wonder of the Invisible World" evenhandedly and factually at least through the Puritan perspective. For example, he says "The New Englanders are a people of God settled in those, which were once the devil's territories; and it may easily be supposed that the devil was exceedingly disturbed, when he perceived such a people here accomplishing the promise of old made unto our blessed Jesus, that He should have the utmost parts of the earth for His possession." Miller, on the other hand, wrote "The Crucible" in an angrier and dramatic tone by placing emphasis on the effects of the tri

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