Times can be full of hysteria and strife, and seldom, other times. People can be unjust and ridiculing, or optimistic and caring. Many characters portrayed the same characteristics: gullible and stubborn or friendly and hardworking. Giles, for example, is an immensely enthusiastic, sarcastic, friendly, hardworking, brave, fun-loving character that you could not begin to loathe like some of the other characters resembling Abigail. He did not want to regard anything in relation to the witchcraft scheme; especially anything that correlates it to his wife, Martha, but some situations cannot be avoided. Each character has their own perspectives on the witchcraft scheme, and as it progresses, they start to establish the hidden facts, and begin to question their own beliefs on the horrendous subject. Giles Corey is an eighty year-old …show more content…
He does not let people take advantage of him or tell him the morals in the sense of Christianity. He stands alone and does not consider whether people accept that or not; he does it because he wants to do it, unlike some people who think there is only one way to do tasks and if they do not follow those rules, they will be shunned by the rest of the village. Furthermore, many characters depict this man as uncanny and peculiar because he does not attend church services or pray the precise amount of prayers per day. As a matter of fact, Giles Corey has his own beliefs and he will verbalize his assertion regardless of the public’s conviction. “Mr. Hale, I have always wanted to ask a learned man—what signifies the readin’ of strange books” (155)? Giles Corey is exceedingly suspicious of his wife, Martha because she reads books and that does not normally transpire. People are not supposed to take pleasure in reading, and while he is trying to figure out why she does what she does, he considers