Giles Corey

Nelle Harper Lee, mainly know as Harper Lee was an American Novelist pulitzer prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960. Lee was studying law and following in her father 's footsteps, then she decided she wanted to be an author. She used many experiences from her childhood, growing up in Monroe Alabama, which included many Civil Right influences. The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953 about the events surrounding the Salem witch trials. Miller was an American…

Danforth, and Hawthorne could enforce justice. Hale also shows this theme when he stands up to Danforth. Hale is finally convinced that the girls are lying and wants to finally bring justice to Salem. Hale tells Danforth that he needs to listen to Giles, Proctor, and Nurse because it is their right to defend them. Hale wants the people to be able to prove that they are innocent. By standing up to Danforth, Hale shows Salem that everyone is entitled to justice in the courts. Hale truly embodied…

witchcraft. Judge Danforth of Salem has condemned hundreds to witchcraft, and hundreds have confessed (Miller 1160), but upstanding citizens in the town refuse to confesses to the lies, and would rather die than live a lie, such as Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and of course, John Proctor. John Proctor is willing to die as opposed to living with his name tarnished, and his life a lie of something he didn’t do and doesn’t believe in. There are principles worth dying for because there are people in…

The Crucible was written in the early 1950’s and many sources discuss the political climate and culture of the United States at that time. After the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), in which the United States and the Soviet Union were allies against the Germans, relations between the two major powers deteriorated. They became suspicious, and then so fearful, of each other that this period became known as the Cold War, even though no war between them was ever declared. The United States…

The act of standing out to draw attention can be seen across any culture. The Puritan culture consisted of English descent who wanted religion to be completely separate from the state(Delbanco, Puritanism, History). The women in a Puritan society were in charge of caring for the children, therefore they spent most of their time doing work in the house; when it came to legal rights, they could not vote or own land(Deering, Women in Puritan Society, Study). The lack of desirability for the women…

seeing the atrocities in the court and all those witches choking the poor girls with their spirits. Pure evil. When we made it to the second day it enraged me to see that townspeople were so ungrateful for the fine work that was being done. Giles Corey stood up during proceedings and had the audacity to challenge me! He was not the only one, so did Francis Nurse. The most unsettling of all, in my whole career in politics was one man, John Proctor. His attempt at “saving his wife” was…

actual value. Putnam wanted to capitalize on this opportunity so he falsely accused his neighbors of witchcraft, in an effort to but their property at a cheaper rate. He was almost exposed by Giles Corey, who heard Putman telling his family that he was making money by accusing people of witchcraft. When Giles tried to expose him in court, his evidence was not accepted for court because he would not tell whom he got his information from. Putman’s plan was able to work because so many people were…

On a dark stormy night, Arthur Miller wrote a book called, The Crucible. Throughout this piece of writing Miller expresses himself and the theme of the book through Mary Warren. She expresses multiple traits that Miller believes he has and uses as a theme, like hunger for power, self-preservation, greed, and protectiveness of reputation. Mary agrees to act like she is being bewitched because everyone else was doing it (bandwagon), and if she didn’t she would have been whipped for dancing in the…

For example, if someone disliked their neighbor, they could easily claim that the neighbor’s spirit came to them, or bewitched them. This is observed when it’s said Giles’ wife, Martha Corey, was taken from their home and warranted when “The bloody mongrel Walcott charge her” (Miller 1076). Martha Corey and Walcott had a brief history together, putting them on a bad note. It is made known that Walcott bought a pig from Martha 4-5 years ago and shortly after Walcott received the pig…

women who were executed among whom were Bridget Bishop on June 10th; five women on July 19th including Sarah Good, Elizabeth How, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Wilds; on August 19th Martha Carrier was executed; and on September 22nd Martha Corey, Mary Easter, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator and Margaret Scott was…