Giles Corey Character Traits

The Man that is Giles Corey Many people inhabit different characteristics that work well at different time. They might not seem to mesh, but that is what makes the person interesting. Sometimes the traits are completely different, but they find a way to work together. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible characters will at one point say anything at the exact moment they think of it but later on stand their ground to protect others. Characters learn from their past mistakes and grow because of them. Character traits make the character who they are in the story. Giles Corey is talkative, skeptical, and brave. Giles Corey is a very talkative character because he will tell anyone what he is thinking about at the time. Even if he does not mean to, Giles will accidentally tell about other people. For instance, Giles tells Reverend Hale while talking about John Proctor that “He don’t believe in witches” (1.1043). John Proctor does not want Hale to know this, but Giles cannot stop himself from telling about other people’s lives. Giles Corey also tells about people while presenting evidence to the court. Giles tells about Thomas Putnam saying “The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs, he said she’d given him a …show more content…
If Giles wants to know something, then he will try to find out the answers. Sometimes if the wrong question is asked it can get someone in trouble. Giles gets his wife, Martha, in trouble when he asks “Mr. Hale, I have always wanted to ask a learned man- what signifies the readin’ of strange books?” (1.1044). But little does he know, the court will use this against his wife during her trial. Judge Hathorne tells Martha in court “Now, Martha Corey, there is abundant evidence in our hands to show that you have given yourself to the reading of fortunes” (3.1074). Sometimes the wrong question gets people in trouble, and that is what happened to Giles. Giles’ skepticism leads to him getting his wife put in