The Character Giles Corey In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Giles Corey was an 83 year old man who always seemed as though he was in court.This character sued 33 people in his lifetime. Giles Corey was married three times and his last wife he accidentally got her accused of witchcraft and got her killed.

He lives with his third wife(Martha Corey)in the Salem Village. During the Salem Witch Trial, he and his wife are both accused by Ann Putnam claiming that Giles Corey forces her to write her name on the Devil’s book. There are more information shows that Giles Corey’s real life is big different from the play. In the play, Giles Corey is a naive, rich

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.

“I will not give you no name.” This quote was said by Giles Corey in The Crucible. He said this when Judge Hathorne asked for a name that Giles promised not to say in court. This caused Giles to be arrested and ultimately killed. Giles Corey and I share some of the same traits such as being cunning, being sarcastic, and being loyal.

He cared dearly for his land, and would stand up to anyone who tried to take it from him. “He nearly willed away my north pasture… he’d set his name on it”. (Miller 842). This shows that Giles Corey won’t let someone take his land from him without a fight. He stood up for himself and his family, by protecting his land. Giles Corey continues to prove his toughness when he is sentenced to press. They mean to press him to figure out who told Giles that Parris was stealing his neighbors land, all Giles has to say is “More weight.” (Miller 868) This statement proves that Giles wasn’t afraid of anything, and that he was one tough cookie. Even with hundreds of pounds on his body he will still not crack under pressure. Being tough is one thing that Giles Corey truly mastered in The Crucible. When the court asked for his liable source to assume that Mr. Putnam was taking his neighbors land. His response was “I will not give no name… I stand mute.” (Miller 868) Since Giles did not tell the court the man’s name, he has committed contempt of court which is illegal. Giles may be going to jail but if he said the man’s name, the other man would have been accused of witchcraft and been sentenced to death. Giles would rather be put in jail or killed than throw a friend under the bus. This shows once more how tough Giles Corey truly is. Giles will stand up for what is right and to keep his name pure, that is why Giles is a tough

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The Crucible was written in 1952 by Arthur Miller and was first performed as play on January 22, 1953 in the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway. The setting of the book is Salam, Massachusetts in 1692-93 and the characters are all Puritan colonists. One of the main characters is Giles Corey, an 83-year-old hotheaded farmer who is married to his third wife. Throughout the book we see many characters have some role in groupthink and Giles is no exception. Groupthink is the tendency of decision making groups to suppress opposing opinions in the interest of group harmony (Hill, “Groupthink”). In Arthur Millers, The Crucible, Miller depicts Giles Corey as a character who was a follower of groupthink then someone who had no part in it by showing how he changed throughout the book in order to prove Miller’s belief that different circumstances change people.

                      The dying words of Giles Corey are “More Weight”,why he may have said this is unknown to those of deaf ears,but I have an idea on what Giles Corey meant. At the beginning of the story when Abigail went to greet him,we can see that she was trying to bring him back into the adulterous world again. And when she couldn’t get him to love her again,thus the plot began. As I read further,I notice that Abigail was doing things to cause mischief and chaos,even as far as blaming Tituba for the reason of witchcraft. The reason that Giles Corey’s words acts as a foil to John Proctor’s character is because John Proctor was nearly like an unbreakable wall,his wall started to fall because it was his

False accusations were made that women were the only people targeted as witches. However, men were also blamed and tried in court. A male named Giles Corey was the only person who was crushed to death, the others being hanged. Even though it is unclear why he was accused of practicing, he knew there was no hope for himself so he did not fight back. Due to his refusal of answering the questions asked by the officials, they were angered at his decision to not speak. While some historians believe that he did this to protect his property for heirs, other historians say otherwise. His family would be unable to keep their land secured because the government has the advantage to take it away from them. People were coming to the realization that these trials were taken out of control

A crucible can be a severe test, related to patience or belief; a trial. By the same token, the word “crucible” can also be laboratory equipment used to heat chemical compounds to very high temperatures of the melt metal. As a matter of fact, the previous definition can be used as a metaphor for the inordinate hysteria in Salem during the witch trials; with all the residents of Salem cooped up in such a small village, there were bound to be some hot headed people. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, everything and everyone is either of God or of the Devil; dissent is not merely unlawful- it is Satanic. Giles Corey’s, a resident of Salem, development from a bold foolish man to a courageous one after his wife’s trial shows his true persona.

Though The Crucible is fiction, the character that is the same as john proctor is Arthur Miller. For example, he talks about the power and even-tempered and about their refusal on things that are important. Another example, in the book he characterizes himself in multiple ways through different aspects. The similarities become more apparent when one analyzes their fatherly and marital positions and their convictions and gained from their convictions. Arthur Miller and John Proctor have many fatherly qualities and relationship decisions.

Justice is often taken for granted as something that should always be there, whereas it is often injustice that helps people understand the ethical problems of society. One of the books that greatly demonstrates this is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This book is a story based on the Salem witch trials of Massachusetts in 1692 in which innocent people were hanged for witchcraft because of their neighbor's accusation and the village's Puritan theocracy. As part of this, a man named John Proctor, whose wife has been accused, tries to stop the bloodshed but as a result, hangs himself. In The Crucible, Miller explores themes of injustice through the plot of Abigail Williams, the unfortunate ending of Giles Corey, and how the Salem court functions.

The Crucible is a play that is based on a true story by Arthur Miller.

Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible in 1953. The Crucible takes place in the late 1600`s around a town called Salem in Massachusetts. Miller went to Salem and acquired historical documents about the Salem witch trials and used the real people's diaries and other writings to gather information on what happened and how it happened. He also used the information to create interesting and real characters that would grab and hold audiences attention. His most memorable characters, Abigail Williams and John Proctor, are really the center pieces of the play. Although Abby and Proctor in The Crucible seem like polar opposites, they are however one in the same as they use different methods to reach an unlikely bet yet common goal proving how in common they really are.

The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, is a chronological narrative including a large cast of characters with a constantly moving setting.* The Crucible is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and an allegory of the McCarthyism period. Throughout the play, Miller explores the destruction of freedom by the ignorant and tyrannical society in which his characters live.* By exhibiting how easily a member of the community can become an outcast, Arthur Miller displays social criticism in the Puritan society as well as in today's society in The Crucible.