Character Analysis Of Rer Coree In The Crucible

Giles explains what he meant by talking about the books and that he never meant to accuse his wife of witchcraft. Giles explains, “It is my third wife, sir; I never had no wife that be so taken with books, and I thought to find the cause of it, d’y’see, but it were no witch I blamed her for. I have broke charity with the woman, I have broke charity with her”(70). Giles makes this claim in hopes of getting his wife out of jail and back home with him. Giles states that he broke her trust in him and he feels completely guilty for his wife’s imprisonment. As Giles talks he mentions that there might still be some form of witchcraft and he had only mentioned the books his wife read because he wanted to help find cause of witchcraft. When Giles speaks to the judge he hopes to redeem himself by getting his wife out of jail. With that, Giles has lost pretty much all belief in witches in Salem, and his only goal now is to make things right so that no more people are hanged.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an interpretation of the Salem witch trials of 1692 in Puritan Massachusetts in which religion, justice, individuality and dignity play a vital role. These factors define the characteristics of many of the most significant characters in the play. Some of them being John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Reverend Hale, Danforth and many others. The Salem witch trials were a result of the lack of expression of individuality and the fact that no individual could expect justice from the majority culture as a result of the deterioration of human dignity in the Puritan society of Salem.

The views on Giles Corey range from a great amount of perspectives. He s an elderly feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendencies to file lawsuits. Giles has been sent to court due to accused of witchcraft. Giles Corey has become a true hero in my opinion. Throughout the play, Corey changes from a foolish of man, then into a hero who courageously dies for his family. Giles Corey is the perfect example of why The Crucible is mainly focused on courage, weakness, and truth. By dying for his family was a beautiful artifact. Significant people like John and Francis would not do such a thing for their own spouse. Including John and Francis would not do such a thing for their own spouse.

"I never had no wife that be so taken with books, and I thought to find the cause of it, d’y’see, but it were no witch I blamed her for. He is openly weeping. I have broke charity with the woman, I have broke charity with her. He covers his face, ashamed. Giles Corey got caught up in the hysteria of the witch trials and got his wife accused of being a witch.

‘The Crucible’ is an allegory. An allegory is a story with an obvious meaning but if you look deeper into it, there is another meaning. In this case, the obvious meaning is the Salem witch-hunt and the hidden meaning is McCarthyism. McCarthyism started in the early 1950’s and it was governmental accusations with no evidence. Joseph McCarthy started doing trials on those he thought were communist, but he had no evidence for it. This is the same as the witch trials in The Crucible. Arthur Miller wrote this in response to McCarthyism.

Like others, Corey’s internal conflict is deciding if he believes in witches, or if the whole commotion is just a fabrication. When Corey tells Hale that his third wife reads books in secrecy, he does not mention it because he believes she is connected with the devil, he is just not use to this, due to the fact that none of his other wives showed an interest in reading. One of the external conflicts that Corey faces, is when he begins to question Parris for being so quiet during the horrid witch trials, and wonders if the minister really does praise God, and is curious if he believes in witches or not. Giles Corey is often found motivated to prove that the group of girls claiming to have seen townspeople associating with the devil, are indeed

Arthur Miller has created John Proctor the protagonist of The Crucible to be a 30 year old farmer in Salem, Massachusetts, powerful of body, even-tempered and not easily led. John speaks his mind when he recognizes injustice. He is highly respected, even feared, by some in Salem. His name is synonymous with honour and integrity. He takes pleasure in exposing hypocrisy and is respected for it. However John is a sinner, a sinner not only against the moral fashion of the time but against his own vision of decent conduct, he has come to regard himself as a kind of fraud. After admitting to lechery, John is accused of witchcraft, on this charge he is condemned.

Giles Corey values his family, he also values that his family is provided for after his eventual death, you can see he values his family when he goes with Proctor to get their wives out of jail even though he is sort of the reason she is in jail. By trying to get his wife out of jail Giles pays a steep price he not only gets a bunch of other people jailed which can not be good for his conscience but he also gets jailed and accused of witchcraft in the process. The second instance you can see that he values his family and values that they are provided for after his eventual death is ironically at the time of his death. As seen when Milles writes “ He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they’d hang him surely, and auction out his property. So he stand mute, and died christian under the law. And so his sons will have his farm” (Miller 1328). In the play we see Elizabeth explaining to john how Giles died. Elizabeth explains that Giles was asked to confess Giles however, refuses to confess because he knows that if he does not confess before he dies his children can keep the farmland he owns. Not confessing and dying Giles pays the steepest price he can for his values and that is his life. I feel that this also says that Giles is a very stubborn man willing to do anything to prove a point and defend his

Giles Corey is a hot-tempered farmer that lives outside of Salem. His wife, Martha Corey, was one of those accused of practicing witchcraft, and was sentenced to death, by hanging. Giles Corey was also sentenced to death by being pressed with stones for contempt of court. Giles Corey was one that had good demonstrations of good character in the story. In the story Giles pronounces “...I heard it from an honest man who heard Putman say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs he said she’d given him a fair gift of land” (Miller, pg. 183), this quote shows that Corey is an honesty person. He then later states after the court asks him for a name “Why I - I cannot give you his name… you know well why not! He’ll lay in jail if i give his name.” (pg 183). This shows

“Giles Corey was not executed for refusing to name a witness, as in the movie. The play is accurate: he was accused of witchcraft, and refused to enter a plea, which held up the proceedings, since the law of the time required that the accused enter a plea. He was pressed to death with stones, but the method was used to try to force him to enter a plea so that his trial could proceed. Corey probably realized that if he was tried at all, he would be executed.” (Burns 4)

Several characters that accused others seemed to have other motifs than to cleanse the town of witchcraft. One, for instance, was Thomas Putnam. Putnam was a wealthy and greedy citizen of Salem. During the play, he accuses people of witchcraft to acquire more land. In the play, Giles Corey states that Putnam told his daughter to accuse George Jacobs of witchcraft. If Jacobs were to hang, the only citizen in Salem wealthy enough to buy his land was Putnam. Giles reported this and when he would not name the man who told him, Danforth arrests him for contempt of court. They torture Giles by placing large stones on his chest, making it hard to breathe, until he confesses. The only words Giles spoke were “more weight”.

(Hook) Giles Corey, the main protagonist in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, with such bravery and strength both physical and mentally, he will risk it all to to succeed in court. (Transition) Because had been to court over thirty times and won every single time, Giles Corey gave his life to beat the court the right way. (Thesis) As a result, Giles is a protagonist who help to stop the hysteria with his strength of character by resisting torture to keep his land.

In chapter 3 I read that this took place in the Salem church. The Salem church was turned into a courtroom. The judge would always questioned Martha about her being a witch but, it seems like she will always deny she’s a witch. They asked her “why do you hurt these children” she says she doesn’t hurt them. I found this in page 52. Martha’s husband yelled saying he had evidence for the court, but people in the court were very excited so they got to loud in the court and the Danforth told him to take his seat. Giles said that Martha’s husband evidence is lies, but he couldn’t speak yet so they had to remove the man. In page 52, line 12 Corey says he has evidence but, the will not listen to his evidence. They were half caring him and he screamed

During the court, Giles brings evidence that Putnam sentenced an innocent man to be hanged for being a witch. Giles will not tell who gave him the evidence so he is now being sentenced to death in order to save the man who was accused. Giles could have told the court who he heard the evidence from but he does not want anyone else to end up in his wife's position. Instead, he saves an innocent life by sacrificing his own. As Giles was getting stoned, he tells everyone “more weight”

As the trials go on, many more accusations are made. Giles Corey accuses Putnam of trying to get other landowners hanged for witchcraft so that he can have their land for himself. Marshall Danforth asks for a source and the person’s name. Giles says that he cannot give out the person’s name. Giles is in the court because his wife, Martha Corey had been arrested and accused of witchcraft. She gave away a pig to a man, and the pig became ill and died shortly after the pig was acquired. Francis Nurse is in the court because his wife, Rebecca Nurse was arrested too. He along with Giles continue to confront Danforth about Putnam’s doing, but Danforth responds with that they will have to put their thoughts into writing