How does Gaiman use the setting of a modern English town to help develop the story’s fantastic plot?

Gaiman uses the setting of a modern english town to help develop the storys fantastic plot by mixing this scenario with elements of magic. Explanation: As we know, the setting of a story is both the place and the time in which it is told.

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in 1636, roger williams settled at the tip of narragansett bay after being banished from the massachusetts bay colony for his religious views, on land granted to him by the narragansett tribe. he called the site "providence plantation" and declared it a place of religious freedom.

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