‘More weight!’ (Miller 186). These are the last words to come out of Cory Giles as stones are being placed upon his chest in a bid to force him to comply to the interrogators by agreeing to the accusations and giving up his friends after they are accused of practicing witchcraft. Cory Giles character in Arthur Miller’s play titled ‘The Crucible’ share similarities as well as differences in his historical person. The similarity is seen through his refusal to plead guilty to the accusations while the difference comes in the form of accusations tabled against his wife, and Christianity at his time of death.
The major similarity comes in through Cory Giles refusal to plead. In the book, Miller states, “He were not hanged. He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they’d hang him surly and auction out his property. So he stand mute…And his sons will have his farm. It is the law, for he could not be condemned a wizard without the indictment, aye or nay” (Miller 125). The same exact reason for his refusal to plead is repeated in his historical person where the conviction states that, “Though he …show more content…
The book states that “It is my third wife, sir; I never had no wife that be taken with the books, and I thought they find the cause of it, ‘d’y’see, but it were no witch I blamed for her. I have broke charity with this woman…..” (Miller 80-81). According to history, the accusations were tabled in the following manner as presented in the quote, “Corey was swept up in the mass hysteria he reportedly believed the accusations against his wife and even testified against her on March 24” (Brooks). It is clear that where the book notes that Corey defended his wife against the accusations levelled against her, but history records him as having accepted these
The major similarity comes in through Cory Giles refusal to plead. In the book, Miller states, “He were not hanged. He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they’d hang him surly and auction out his property. So he stand mute…And his sons will have his farm. It is the law, for he could not be condemned a wizard without the indictment, aye or nay” (Miller 125). The same exact reason for his refusal to plead is repeated in his historical person where the conviction states that, “Though he …show more content…
The book states that “It is my third wife, sir; I never had no wife that be taken with the books, and I thought they find the cause of it, ‘d’y’see, but it were no witch I blamed for her. I have broke charity with this woman…..” (Miller 80-81). According to history, the accusations were tabled in the following manner as presented in the quote, “Corey was swept up in the mass hysteria he reportedly believed the accusations against his wife and even testified against her on March 24” (Brooks). It is clear that where the book notes that Corey defended his wife against the accusations levelled against her, but history records him as having accepted these