Who Is Giles Corey A Complex Character In The Crucible

Courage, weakness, and truth are personality traits that many authors incorporate into their characters. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller has three characters that are strong representations of these character traits. The Crucible is about these three things, which are represented by Giles Corey, Mary Warren, and Reverend John Hale. Corey represents courage perfectly in The Crucible. Corey has enough courage to accuse Thomas Putnam of “reaching out for land” in court (Miller III,1074). Accusing Putnam shows that Corey is brave enough to accuse a powerful and influential man in the courts of trying to steal his neighbors land. Putnam has the power in Salem to have Corey accused of being a witch in court by persuading his daughter, who is one of the afflicted, to say that Corey is one of the witches tormenting the young girls in Salem. Also, Corey refused to give up the name of the man who provided him with information about Putnam’s plan to steal his

From the time that Hale arrived he didn’t make any assumptions as to whether there were witches in Salem; he only sought out the truth in facts and real evidence. He never wanted to “look to superstition” unless he could prove it (I,1042). Throughout the play Hale urges Judge Danforth to look into the idea that Abigail might be lying. He really beings to push Danforth when Rebecca Nurse, Martha Corey, and Proctor are accused of witchcraft and refuse to plead innocent and falsely accuse other members of the community as witches. Hale tries to persuade Danforth to see that “it is a lie! [And that] they are innocent!” (IV, 1104). Throughout the entire play Hale tries to gather evidence that will lead him to the truth, only to be disregarded by Danforth. If the courts had listened to Hale and been as concerned with the truth as he was many innocent people would have