Through out history groups have been blindly accused for the faults and misfortunes in society. Groups like Jews who were persecuted for the financial deterioration of Germany or individuals who were persecuted because they used their right for free speech during the McCarthy trials. No matter the cause these groups faced horrible punishment and embarrassment yet they appeared to be functional members of society. One of the most famous examples of this blind persecution is the Salem witch trials. During this period in our history members of communities would be accused of witch craft and would face punishments, however these accusations would be based on spiritual and biblical based evidence rather than factual evidence. Since the accusations were not based on realistic evidence members of Salem began to question the idea of witches. Certain members in the town of Salem began to speak out against the allegations in order to stop the chaos. However these members most first change their attitudes in order to be better heard. In his play, "The Crucible" Arthur Miller uses the character Giles to show how an antisocial individual who possesses little sway on a community's opinion may recognize faults in the community causing him to act heroically in order to be heard. .
In the beginning Arthur Miller introduces Giles as an annoying fool who does little to help the community. When Giles first enters the play he begins to talk to the well spoken Hale about his curiosities. There he asks Mr. Hale about, "Martha, [his] wife. I have waked at night many a time and found her in the corner, readin"of a book. Now what do you make of that?"(p37) Miller uses Giles first words to show how foolish he is, by asking a witch hunter, Hale, about his wife's peculiar habits. This quote implies that Giles is rather dim witted because of his questions which may cause his wife to be accused of witch craft.
Reverend Hale walks out on the court and both Giles Corey and John Proctor die for their own causes to stand up for their honor. ... When Giles accuses Mr. ... The whole time all Giles can say is, "More weight." ... "Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause." ... Hale, Giles, and John all used courage in different ways to fight for their rights. ...
Back in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, an historical event took place. The testimony of a church member, who claimed to have seen a person's spirit performing witchcraft, was enough to sentence the accused to be hung. Innocent people were put on trial and convicted of this so horrible sin, all beca...
Along with Tituba, Martha Corey was indicted solely because she would not allow Giles to read her books. Giles also stated that "I tried and tried and could not say my prayers, and then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly--mark this--I could pray again!" ... The only thing that is true is that Giles was not allowed to read the books, and because he did not know what the books contained, he feared them. ... The susceptibility that Salem fell victim to was the cause of a great tragedy which saw twenty townspeople hung at the hands of the state. "The Crucible" written by A...
This is a refrence to William Friedkin's 1973 The Exorcist, where a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a demon that causes her body to engage in numerous unnatural acts, including projectile vomiting and rotating her head 360 degrees. ... After talking to his straitjacketed friend, Giles confirms there is a creature called a She-Mantis, who lures male virgins to her nest. An extremely powerful foe, it was the She-Mantis who put Giles' friend into his deranged condition. Buffy suggests that Giles record some bat sonar from the video library, playing that for the She-Mantis will disrupt ...
The witch trials have caused unrest in neighboring towns. ... When Elizabeth is charged with witchcraft, John goes to the court in an attempt to be on her side or fight for her. ... A few more characters in The Crucible are Reverend Parris, Thomas Putnam, Rebecca Nurse, Francis Nurse, Judge Danforth, Giles Corey, and Titbuta. ... Giles Corey is an elderly farmer in Salem. ... Giles dies because he is pressed to death with large stones. ...
Due to her strange symptoms, and the fact that the doctor cannot find any natural cause for her symptoms, Thomas Putnam, whose child Ruth is also afflicted, immediately cites the cause as witchcraft. ... The enmity of Parris and Proctor comes up again in Act III when Proctor arrives in the court to try and free his wife and the wives of Francis Nurse and Giles Corey. ... The situation escalates when Putnam threatens the two, exclaiming, "If you load one oak of mine, you'll fight to drag it home! " (30) Neither John nor Giles threatened him in any way. ... When Giles Corey claims that Ruth...
Giles Corey is killed in another scene. ... In the play, Elizabeth breaks the news to John that Giles is dead. ... Another key difference in this scene is that Elizabeth explains that by dying this way, Giles died as a Christian. ... It is significant not only for Giles but for his family as well. ...
Tiny flea bites caused those infected to lose their lives within three days while their bodies were filled with buboes and bleeding underneath the skin. The disease caused a major debacle in medieval times. ... Fighting these revolts and civil wars became a problem for the nobles. ... Prices went up on goods and the lower class was forced to revolt and fight for higher wages. ... Giles who were invoked as protectors from the terrors of the plague" (Holmes p. 327). ...
This is the start of all his troubles cause then Abby and a couple of her friends dance around in the woods and she drinks chicken's blood to try and get Elizabeth, John's wife, killed. ... Giles Corey then comes along and says that his wife was took to prison to be trailed as a witch and it was because he said she was reading books and he had a hard time praying when she was in the house. ... Now John was ready to fight for them not to take her but Hale said the courts would come through if she really wasn't a witch and Elizabeth just went willingly. ... That fall when John was...
