...When analyzing the character of Giles Corey in The Crucible, it is probable that the reader portrays him as a comical hero on the surface. However, the perception of Giles Corey that Arthur Miller, the author, wants the reader to realize goes a lot further than being just a comical hero. Throughout the play, the changes and development of Giles Corey are displayed through both his actions and his words. Upon closer examination of these actions, it is without a doubt that Giles Corey can be defined as a dynamic character. When Giles said, “More weight” (Miller 1227) , he revealed how he changed from someone who is outspoken and foolish in the beginning to someone who becomes a tragic hero by defending his family and friends. He accomplished...
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...Biography on Giles Corey Giles Corey was a successful farmer and an active member of the Salem church. Born in England in 1611. Giles was one of the six men to be executed during the Salem witch trials. He moved from England to Salem . There he owned an many acres of land, which resulted in the appearance of his being a rich farmer. In 1675, Giles pummeled and killed a farm worker named Jacob Goodale. He was found guilty of the murder and ordered to pay a substantial fine. This model citizen was not looked lightly upon when the word “witch” started floating around. In April of 1692, Ann Putnam, Jr., Mercy Lewis, and Abigail Williams all accused Giles of witch craft. Ann said that Corey supposedly came to her on the 13th of April and asked her to write in “the devil’s book.” She later said that a ghost came to her, asking to be avenged against his killer, Giles Corey. When the trials first began Giles Corey was already 80, and was married to Martha. On March 19, 1692, Martha was arrested for witchcraft. Giles decided to testify against his wife ,no one knows why, but later tried to take back what he had said. Giles Was arrested after being accused of witchcraft and remained there in jail with his wife until his trial on September 16, 1692. Giles went to the trial and pleaded not guilty, but refused to put himself on the court because of his contempt for the court. Because the court had believed and accepted the others testimony, Giles understood...
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...[pic] The Crucible, Act III Questions [pic] Part I. Answer the questions below 1. Why is Giles Corey initially arrested? 2. Why doesn’t Parris want John Proctor to talk to Judge Danforth? 3. What do Abigail and the other girls pretend they see in the courtroom? 4. According to Judge Danforth, why is Mary Warren in trouble with the court no matter what? 5. Why does Elizabeth lie about her husband in court? 6. Why does John Proctor finally admit to his affair with Abigail in the courtroom? 7. Who accuses John Proctor of being the “Devil’s man”? 8. Who quits the court? 9. Explain what John Proctor means when he says, “God is dead.” Part II. Using "A"(answer) and "P"(prove with a quote), answer the following: 10. How has Hale changed? (1091) 11. How is Abigail's attitude toward the judges different from the attitude the other witnesses show? (1098) [pic] The Crucible, Act III Questions [pic] Part I. Answer the questions below 1. Why is Giles Corey initially arrested? 2. Why doesn’t Parris want John Proctor to talk to Judge Danforth? 3. What do Abigail and the other girls pretend they see in the courtroom? 4. According to Judge Danforth, why is Mary Warren in trouble with the court no matter what? 5. Why does Elizabeth lie about her husband in court? 6. Why does John Proctor finally admit to his affair with Abigail in the courtroom? 7. Who accuses...
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...Giles Corey and I “ You’ll find other christians that do plow on sunday if truth be known”. This quote was said by Giles Corey in the Crucible when he was in court trying to get Martha free. Giles Corey was an 83 year old farmer whose wife was arrested for witchcraft. While trying to convince the court that she was innocent Giles was arrested for contempt in court and while in jail someone accused him of witchcraft and he was pressed to death. Gile Corey and I have many things in common such as we are experienced workers we are stubborn to a fault and sarcastic to a crowd. Both Giles and I show that we are are stubborn in different ways. Both Giles and I show that we are very stubborn when it comes to different things in our life. Giles displayed his stubbornness side when he would not give up the fight to free his beloved wife Martha from being charged with witchcraft. He did everything he could to prove his poor wife was innocent by even getting 91 people to sign a petition saying that they never saw witchcraft in her eyes. Being stubborn i hate to admit it but it’s a very big flaw of mine. For example I was with my friends and we all got in my Jeep and I was gonna take them all 4 wheeling but them guys just decided to start making fun...
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...the Puritans lived in a constant state of anxiety due to war and frequent Native American attacks. This environment of fear and suspicion likely played a significant role in the readiness to believe and prosecute those accused of witchcraft. Examining primary sources such as Salem Judge Samuel Sewall’s Diary and the case file of Giles Corey’s trial reveals that the reactions of New England Puritans to accusations of witchcraft in the...
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...Biography on Giles Corey Giles Corey was a successful farmer and an active member of the Salem church. Born in England in 1611. Giles was one of the six men to be executed during the Salem witch trials. He moved from England to Salem . There he owned an many acres of land, which resulted in the appearance of his being a rich farmer. In 1675, Giles pummeled and killed a farm worker named Jacob Goodale. He was found guilty of the murder and ordered to pay a substantial fine. This model citizen was not looked lightly upon when the word “witch” started floating around. In April of 1692, Ann Putnam, Jr., Mercy Lewis, and Abigail Williams all accused Giles of witch craft. Ann said that Corey supposedly came to her on the 13th of April and asked her to write in “the devil’s book.” She later said that a ghost came to her, asking to be avenged against his killer, Giles Corey. When the trials first began Giles Corey was already 80, and was married to Martha. On March 19, 1692, Martha was arrested for witchcraft. Giles decided to testify against his wife ,no one knows why, but later tried to take back what he had said. Giles Was arrested after being accused of witchcraft and remained there in jail with his wife until his trial on September 16, 1692. Giles went to the trial and pleaded not guilty, but refused to put himself on the court because of his contempt for the court. Because the court had believed and accepted the others testimony, Giles understood that there was a slim chance...
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...topic is believed to be the truth. Giles Corey says that he is worried because his wife is reading books everyone immediately assumes it is witchcraft. When Mary Warren is being set up to look like a witch and confesses that she works with the devil out of fear of being hanged she provides the judges with false information that Lucifer is in Salem. Tituba confesses that she works with the devil making anyone that is accused of being a witch that doesn’t confess seem guilty. These minor characters’ actions are the reason the Salem witch trials found so many innocent people guilty....
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...witchcraft. I chose to represent Giles Corey, Samuel Parris, and Thomas Putnam from the play The Crucible. The first character I chose was Giles corey. Giles Corey An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem. Giles is married to Martha Corey. I represented Giles Corey on my character art poster as dark red stones. The second character I chose was Reverend Samuel Parris. Samuel Parris is the minister of Salem’s church. Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry type of character in this play. I represented Reverend Samuel Parris on my character art poster as orange coins. Also not many of the townsfolk like him. The last character I chose was Thomas Putnam. Putnam is a wealthy, and influential citizen in Salem. I represented Thomas Putnam as dark green trees. I put all my symbols on a black background because Salem is a very dark place. I made the black sheet of paper have jagged sides because...
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...The subject of this piece of art is Tituba who is a slave of South American descent who is accused of witchcraft. The purpose of this work was to depict a scene from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s play “Giles Corey of Salem Farms.” In this scene, Reverend Cotton Mather is traveling to Salem Village and encounters Tituba in the woods. He questions Tituba about the witchcraft accusations and she tells him that she “can ride through the air upon a stick” and follow him to the village (Longfellow, Scene 1.1). The popularity of this art piece is relative to how popular the play was. Longfellow himself is a popular American author but this specific play is one of his forgotten pieces. Thus, at the time the art was not that widely known among the audience....
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...“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is a popular television series that offers a feministic perspective of a combatant. Buffy is the lead character, who is a heroine that happens to kill evil forces such as supernatural demons. In Don McGregor’s late 70’s series graphic novel “Sabre”, tells a story of a post-apocalyptic Earth that is suffering from global starvation, energy crises and plague due to a physical leak from the American government’s development of bioweaponry. The illustration is created by Paul Gulacy. The protagonist Sabre is one of the former battling rebels also known as the “Overseers” who helps defend and protect the remaining sovereignty of the United States from the many terroristic actions that have threatened the lasting, secluded...
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...teenage girls. The word crucible is significant to the consequences that Mary Warren, Giles Corey, and John Proctor go through during this time of mass hysteria. Mary Warren was one of the girls that was found conjuring spirits in the forest with Tituba and the other girls. However, when she made a poppet for Elizabeth Proctor, she accused Elizabeth of making it in order to avoid being blamed of hurting Abigail.. This led to Mary becoming one of the main accusers of witchcraft in Salem. “Proctor: ‘We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know.’ Warren: ‘I cannot, they’ll turn...
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...In the Crucible, Arthur Miller displays how hasty generalizations creates hysteria of witchcraft and ruins honest reputations. As John and Elizabeth Proctor discuss the recent issue of witchcraft in Salem, Giles Corey and Francis Nurse rush in appearing troubled. They both claim that their wives have been wrongly convicted of witchcraft and have been taken to jail. Giles explains that Mr. Walcott once had a pig that died right after he purchased it from Mrs. Corey. He continues by mentioning how his wife informed Mr. Walcott that his pigs won’t live long unless he feeds them. Giles share Walcott’s conviction against his wife, exclaiming, “Now he goes to court and claims that from that day to this he cannot keep a pig alive for more than four...
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...The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller. He stated that “the real story” of the Salem witch trials is to be found in “the breaking of charity” within a human community. In the play, John Proctor and Giles Corey had both broken charity. Initially, by being noncommittal, John Proctor had broken charity with his wife. By the prologue, he had an affair with Abigail, one of the despicable accusers. Proctor declares, “God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat” (1259). By committing adultery, John had betrayed and hurt his loved ones. The single action factored into the witch trials that tore apart the community. It was an action that led to the later accusations and hysteria. Next, Giles Corey had betrayed his spouse. Giles shamefully admits, “ I have broken charity with the woman, I have broke charity with her” (1250). He had unknowingly caused the death of his wife. Giles had told another person that his wife had been reading strange books. Giles stated, “I mentioned my wife’s name once and I’ll burn in Hell long enough for that” (1254). The one statement led to her accusation. By telling another person of their personal information, he had broken charity with her. Finally, John Proctor and Giles Corey had both betrayed their wives, yet regret it. Furthermore, the two men were forced to pay for their unfaithfulness with their lives. Arthur Miller meant that betrayal shatters relationships and destroys communities. Today, “the breaking of charity” can most...
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...how the characters in the play oppose the public's opinion and withstand their hatred towards them. John Proctor and Giles Corey comprise the characteristics of a strong person who stand for what they believe in without backing down from a fight. Throughout the novel Proctor and Giles repeatedly deny practicing witchcraft in order to keep their name pure in the eyes of God. John Proctor is one of the essential characters in the play that endures many...
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