Giles Corey

witchcraft up; Abigail and the other girls started accusing John Proctor of witchcraft even though John showed solid proof of evidence that the girls are lying. Danforth starts believing that John is a witch and told Marshall to take John Proctor and Giles Corey away. Hale angrily says, “ I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court” (pg 120)! Hale in the court realized how the governor and judge are only listening to the girls because they…

amidst a pack of wolves. Those who display it stand out and are attacked. Giles Corey, John Proctor, and Elizabeth Proctor are some of the few courageous enough to do what is right in the face of danger. Giles Corey goes against the court and most of the town to save his wife and others. Almost everyone believes the girls lie and yet he still calls out Putman. “This man is killing his neighbors for their land” (Miller96). Giles is willing to risk his life to prove that all the so-called…

it’s a needle” (Miller 176). This quote is important because it shows Abigail’s devotion to proctor. Giles Corey accuses Putnam of telling his daughter Ruth to accuse his neighbor George Jacobs of witchery to take his land. Giles wanted vengeance for the hanging of George Jacobs but ended up pressed for not telling who told him about Putnam. Vengeance is often not positive or supported, Abigail and Giles both took…

to their death for the rest of his life. The Crucible is a fitting title because it relates to multiple characters in the story. When looked into, it is easy to see how the definition of “crucible” pertains to figures such as Hale, Proctor, and Corey. While each one of the men had a different crucible, they all struggled to deal with the effects of the worst human emotion:…

trial when Giles Corey interrupts the court? How have the charges against this person changed since Act II? Giles wife Martha is on trial when he interrupts. In act II she was accused of bewitching pigs, but now she is accused of bewitching the girls. Explain the charge Giles makes against Putnam? Giles claims that Thomas Putnam is only in it for the land so he has more power. The land of those who are condemned would be taken by the government and Thomas would buy that land. How has Giles…

people need to do what is best for the majority. The Crucible, Monument 14, and the Article "Are People Basically Good" help define and answer the question. The characters that exhibited the traits of being “good” or “bad” were Abigail williams, Giles Corey, Mary Warren, and John Proctor from “The Crucible”, the victims from Monument 14, and the 2 people discussed in the article. In all…

and tells her stop all the nonsense she has going on with the girls. Betty then wakes up but screaming. Some of the crowds run upstairs trying to figure out if she is bewitched. An argument breaks out between proctor, parris, the argumentative giles corey and the wealthy thomas putnam,the argument was about money and land deeds. Reverend hale enters the room to…

Danforth that, “The people signing it declare good opinion of Rebecca, and my wife, and Martha Corey…If you will notice, sir they have known the women many years and never saw no sign they had dealing with the devil” (Miller 93). John Proctor Hands the evidence and Judge Danforth slowly examines it while Parris tries repeatedly to convince Judge Danforth that John Proctor only seeks to attack the court. Both Giles and John Proctor know that such defense could be considered an attack of the…

In The Crucible, the author Arthur Miller creates a motif of resentment through displaying the strict ideas of morality in the Puritan society, the downsides of the darkness of human behavior, and the sense of intrusiveness among the Salem community. The sense of resentment among the members of the Salem village was in one way a direct derivation from their strict ideas of morality. In Salem, theocracy played a massive role in determining how the people viewed their Puritan religion, and…

Abigail Williams: Abigail Williams is arguably the main antagonist of “The Crucible”, her decisive motives and actions clearly project one of a main story’s antagonist. Abigail Williams, the niece of Reverend Parris and former servant of John Proctor. Abigail is an orphan, and an unmarried girl, which virtually signifies no respect and no power in Salem. The actions and motives of Abigail are mostly fueled by her desire to be relevant and powerful in Salem, amongst the ministers and other high…