mass hysteria during the red scare. They are remarkably similar in that people are accusing everyone around them without the slightest evidence to prove it; people were also accused in order to gain more wealth or fame. For example in the Crucible Giles Corey is accused so that his land can be taken‚ and this happened with actors as well‚ who in the 1950’s cut down others by accusing them
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sarcastic quote is from Giles Corey when he was talking to Reverend Parris about his earnings per year in the story The Crucible. Giles Corey was an 83 year old man. He was married to Martha Corey who was accused of witchcraft and was his third wife. When she got accused he tried to help and was later held in contempt of court‚ accused of witchcraft and pressed to death. Giles Corey and I are very similar because we are both sarcastic‚ instigators and we are both loyal. Both Giles and I share the trait
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of ______________ against or for it. Statement Character executing fallacy Meaning/Explanation Martha Corey:“I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is”(The Crucible 3.83). Hathorne:“How do you know‚ then‚ that you are not a witch?”(The Crucible 3.84). Matha Corey and Hathorne The Martha Corey and Hathorne argument is an example of Appeal to Ignorance. Martha Corey claims to be innocent to a witch‚ meaning that she does not know what a witch is. The fallacy occurs when Hathorne
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Giles Corey is an 81 year-old man he has a wife name Martha Corey who is a 72 year-old woman they live in a town called Salem‚ Massachusetts. In the play The Crucible we find out that Giles Corey is a not-so-smart man‚ but towards the end of the play we see that he dies with integrity for his family. Giles Corey role in this play is that he is an uneducated man that is very concerned that wife Martha reads books giles corey can not read like his wife does‚ he does not go to church often‚ and we
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townspeople. Giles Corey‚ unknowingly put his own wife into jail‚ is the strongest against this hysteria. Amongst the chaos‚ Giles Corey becomes the most fearless and righteous man of Salem because of his stubbornness to protect his friends and family‚ loyalty towards his fellow friends‚ and love for his family. Giles Corey will do everything in his power to protect his family and his
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to Miller’s representation of Giles Corey by seeing him as a loyal‚ commendable character. Corey also provides us with a sense of amusement which given the situation is a trait we do not see from many of the characters. Miller makes us respond like this through Corey’s laidback‚ easygoing outlook on life and particularly the witch hunts which are currently occurring; also his loyalty is emphasised through his final sacrifice. In Act 1 our initial impression of Corey is influenced by Millers description
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Giles Corey: The Truly Honorable Person The Crucible‚ a play written by Arthur Miller‚ is a story that takes place around the Salem witch trials in 1692. The play mainly focuses around the Proctor family‚ John and Elizabeth Proctor are wrongfully accused of witchcraft just like the rest of the town. Giles Corey is a local senior citizen and well known throughout the town‚ he mentions that his wife reads strange books and his wife gets accused even though she just reads. Giles Corey starts to realise
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society of the one he lived in. The Crucible has character John Proctor who is a aware of the unlawful accusations of witchcraft. John Proctor has a very close friend‚ Giles Corey who is very against the accusations as his wife has been accused and he knows the only reason for the witch trials is vengeance from the town girls. Giles Corey represents Arthur Miller’s role in McCarthyism‚ the “witch trials” of the 1950s. Arthur Miller’s story correlated to his society in that people were terrified of communism
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village is one between Giles Corey and Thomas Putnam‚ who argue about a plot of land and its ownership. Once the accusations begin‚ everyone has a reason to accuse someone else of witchcraft. When Putnam’s daughter accuses George Jacobs of witchery‚ Corey quickly notices a motive and claims that Putnam only wants Jacobs’ land. Additionally‚ even the slightest offhand remark can result in the suspicion of one working with the devil. In another example of hasty accusations‚ Giles Corey casually mentions
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to accuse his neighbor. In the play many people have been accused for witchcraft‚ and for many reasons. Giles Corey tries to bring evidence to the court the Putnam got his daughter to falsely accuse Jacobs of witchcraft for their land. “I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs‚ he said she’d given him a fair gift of land‚” says Giles Corey (214). The way he uses “gift” is important because it is a thing given willingly to someone without payment;
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