Giles Corey

Unjust Trials In The Crucible, Arthur Miller writes about Giles Corey, a real man that lived during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. The court executed Giles Corey for not turning in his friends. Eventually, the church exonerated Giles Corey. Similarly Jesus Christ, the son of God, executed for his proclamation of divinity, encountered the same tribulation as Corey. While both trials are unjust, their actions reflect courage and compassion. The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem Village,…

1269). This statement made by Giles Corey shows how his character is already defined. Arthur Miller introduced many characters in the play The Crucible. The one character who really stood out was Giles Corey. In the play he is portrayed as a silly old man at first, but later he changes into a man who cares for his family’s wellbeing and he would die for his family’s honor. In Act 1, Giles was introduced as a silly old man who didn’t know any better. Giles did what any citizen would…

From Paranoia to Pardon Years ago many christians believed that the devil would give certain people the power to harm others in return for complete loyalty.(A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials, 2007.) These people were known as “witches.” Tens of thousands of people were killed for supposedly being witches throughout Europe, and more than 200 people were accused , 20 of them being killed in Massachusetts alone. In this essay I will explain what the Salem Witch Trials were, how they…

‘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…

Although Gile Corey’s death was caused by being crushed by stones, it was ultimately a little slip up by him that caused his own death. While reading The Crucible, we find out that Giles was a very old man that was blamed for everything in the town. If a cow had been stolen, he was blamed even if the cow had run away. He was married to Martha Corey who gets accused of Witchcraft. In The Crucible, Giles Corey makes the mistake of bringing suspicion to his wife’s name which in turn leads to…

filled with fear that invoked him to write a play that encompassed the pain felt by the innocent and the rewards that were gained by the unjust. The characters that went through trials that embodied this central idea were: Giles Corey, John Proctor, and Elizabeth Proctor. Giles Corey starts off as the comic relief of the play. His character is…

events of the witch trails became so well known that Arthur Miller decided to write a play based off of it called The Crucible. Some of the people who were falsely accused of witchcraft and hanged during the Salem Witch Trials were John Proctor and Giles Corey. John Proctor was a farmer who was always well respected by everyone in the town. He lived with his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor should be posthumous pardon because he was always trying to be a good man and fix his mistakes. When…

fight the challenges at hand. When Giles Corey is faced with adversity, such as his own imminent death, his fight or flight response kicks in and gives him the courage to remain unyielding in his beliefs and to fight, rather than escape by telling a lie to the government of Salem. The dual nature of this obstinate attitude can be seen to give him strength but also leads him to butt heads fairly often with those around him. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Giles Corey's stubbornness is the…

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. How people gain and use property, whether it is land, livestock, or wealth, gives them access to power and influences how they use their gained power. In The Crucible, this aspect is seen with many characters from Giles Corey to Mister Putnam. Some literary scholars believe “Miller takes pains to document property disputes behind some of the accusations in Salem”(Bovard 71). The people in Salem use their power to accuse others as witches, or to fight against…

In The Crucible, Giles Corey acts as the foil character to John Proctor, showing courage and bravery where John was often a coward. Miller establishes that a person doesn’t need to be well known for their strong morals to have them and to be brave in using them. If they are known widely to be morally strong, they are still able to have moral flaws hidden by cowardice. Giles Corey is a man who is introduced first in the asides that Miller provides for the play. We learn that Corey is in his…