KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS

SETTING

The setting of this story is an unusual one, since the premise of the text is that everything takes place in a dream the author has while resting under a tree. The setting inside the dream is a unique world consisting of the City of Destruction and its surrounding landscape, and the Celestial City, where God resides. The entire text of both parts of The Pilgrim's Progress takes place on the road from the City of Destruction to the Gates of the Celestial City. Between these two points there are many mountains, valleys, caves, and roads through which the characters pass, all described in detail in the Chapter Summaries.

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