How Does Giles Corey Show Integrity

Giles is canny, inquisitive, strong and muscular, and thinks women wanting to read "strange" books is weird. Went to jail and pressed to death with stones. Martha Corey- Giles Corey's wife. Gets convicted of witchcraft because of Giles and wanting to read.

Giles Corey ‘More weight” This quote was said by Giles Corey from the crucible, while he was being pressed to death for not saying if he was a witch. Giles Corey was an 83 year old farmer who was accused of witchcraft. He didn't say if he was a witch or not so, his family would keep their land. Also for not saying who accused Ezekiel Cheever, he was pressed to death.

In the play John Proctor and Giles Corey have several similarities. Proctor and Corey both refuse to sacrifice information that could get them hanged or put and impact on their reputation. Proctor does not want to let the court know that Abigail and the other girls are lying about what happened in the woods, this caused him to get in trouble. Corey refuses to tell the court officials who he overheard say what Putnam made his daughter do, this caused him to get in trouble as well. An alternate subject they have in common is, both of their wives

When the outbreak first began, Giles wanted to watch the examinations and trials of the accused witches, but his wife wanted him to have nothing to do with them. She “took the saddle from his horse and hid it” (Starkey 64) because his “life had been punctuated by lawsuits and worse” (64). When his wife Martha began to publicly question the accusations and credibility of the young girls, she herself was accused as a witch and brought in for trial. Giles Corey was brought in to testify against his wife and, being a “great blundering husband” (Starkey 75), attempted to provide as many facts to the judges as possible, not understanding the power of his words. Thinking back to when his wife denied him from witnessing the examinations, Giles started to wonder if the girl’s accusations might actually have some truth behind them. In Giles Corey v. Martha Corey, he recounts several examples of how his wife behaved in ways he could not explain. His first example was one night when she asked him to go to bed, “I told I would go to prayr. & when I went to prayer I could nott utter my desires w'th any sense, not open my mouth to speake,” (Boyer and Nissenbaum 259-260), but that once she came towards him, he was able to speak and pray

“He did not give a hoot for public opinions” was a statement told by Giles Corey in The Corey. This was told in Act one where we were learning about characters and their traits. The more and more I read about Giles Corey, the more of me I saw inside of him. The reasons why Giles Corey and I are so similar is avoiding public opinions, loyal to friends, and we both have a strong will.

Although Hale’s overall goal was to bring justice and protect those who were innocent, Giles Corey’s only priority was to protect his wife from being falsely convicted of being involved in witchery. Corey’s guilt is intensified when, because of his comment about his wife’s reading habits, she is accused of being a witch. Believing that his comment might lead to her ultimate demise, Giles Corey heads to the court with Nurse, Hale, and Proctor to plead his wife’s case. Once in the court, Corey attempts to bring to light the fact that greed and selfishness are the motivation for the accusations of many of those convicted of being witches. He even believes that this is the cause for his wife as well stating that “Thomas Putnam is reaching out for

The reader learns of Giles Corey’s sacrifice from Elizabeth Proctor: “Giles is dead… He were not hanged… They press him…” (125). Giles Corey is pressed to death because he refuses to tell the court whether or not he is a witch. According to Elizabeth, if Giles had told the truth and said he was not a witch, “… [the court] would hang him surely” (125).

One of many reasons the witch trials were able to continue was because of Judge Danforth’s ignorance towards what was actually going on in Salem. When Francis Nurse and John Proctor try to explain to him the girls are deceiving him, he over rules their ideas by challenging “And do you know that near to four hundred are in the jails from Marblehead to Lynn, and upon my signature?”(Miller 179). Danforth is proud to say that he has put people in jail, put people to death for witchcraft because his ignorance blocks him from seeing the evidence he is presented with is false. As well as being exposed to false evidence, Judge Danforth also makes the claim that witchcraft cannot be disproved; therefore the court has to rely solely on the girl’s accusations. Danforth declares, “But witchcraft is ipso facto, on its face and by its nature, an invisible crime, is it not?

For Giles, he came to action when his wife was charge for witchcraft. This happen because of his wonders about the strange books she reads at night. ''It discomfits me! Last night-mark this- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and not suddenly -mark this- I could pray again!''(p.155) Corey not realizing what he did. His

“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)

In the case of Giles Corey, “You’re excellent, I only said she was readin’ books, sir, and they come and take her out of my house for—” (Miller 86). His wife, who reads, was assumed to be a witch because she did not fit the perfect image of a woman in Puritan society. In this world, women are not supposed to be educated. Those who went against the status quo were seen as heretics who had to be stopped. Many others who went against the court system were also imprisoned.

Furthermore, Judge Danforth applies the rhetorical appeal of ethos to prove that what he believes is right. By establishing his credibility as a judge and and a person, he hopes to convince the people of Salem to believe in what he is saying. He does so by making references to important religious figures. When Giles Corey refuses to give up the name of his witness, Danforth claims that “the government and central church demand of [Giles] the name of him who reported Mr. Putnam a common murderer” (Miller 97). By stating that both “the government” and the “central church” are demanding that Giles give up the name, Danforth is establishing authority behind what he says. He is utilizing ethos by showing that he is credible because of his connection with the government and the church. As these two establishments held the most power and importance in Puritan society, he significantly validates his points to the people of Salem by relating himself to them. Judge Danforth continues to establish his credibility by referencing a religious figure. He claims that the trial is justified because “the voice of Heaven is

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

As well as, his fate is bigger than what he deserves, though he tried to fix or be forgiven of all the sins he made by confessing. He understands his downfall and is aware of his mistakes (Aristotle). He does try and hide his crime with Abigail. But when it is time to confess, he does not have the courage to be freed and be saved by a lie. All this happening to Proctor makes him a tragic hero, defined by Aristotle. Likewise, Proctor portrays as being a martyr, person who is killed for their beliefs, provided that he was willing to give up his life in order to clear his name so his family will not have to live with his lie, or “sin” as well. Giles Corey also represents this trait, when he does not say a word for his indictment and gets crushed with stones on his chest, asking for more weight. He only does this to “die Christian under the law” and for his sons to have his property (Miller 125). Their purposes were different but similarly, both were sentenced for being a wizard of such or having a deal with the Devil, withholding the lechery part from

Giles Corey explains how others use improbable reasoning for incriminating his wife: “he goes to court and claims that from that day to this he cannot keep a pig alive for more than four weeks because my Martha bewitch them with her books” (Miller 72). Miller portrays how hasty generalizations can cause wrongful consequences to fall on innocent individuals. Accusations form when people want to find answers to every dispute, even when they cannot find solutions. As shown in The Crucible, unevaluated observations can affect others when they mistakenly place blame on