Giles Corey In The Crucible

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Giles Corey was not as innocent and the hero as he was in the play The Crucible, and what were the changes that Miller made to the character in comparison to the real Giles? Miller describes Giles as somewhat of a town outcast and the scapegoat when something dastardly happens. Miller may describe him in this way to show that past actions can haunt you, and how people can view you when you go against society's expectations. In author’s Miller's, The
Crucible Giles is a friend to John Proctor although John actually testified in court about the farm hand that giles murdered. In the play he was said to be honorable and courageous man up till the time he was crushed to death. In salem during Giles trial, he was being investigated because of
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Showing that one can use their influence to change their faint and the courts were bias and facts were not taken to seriously in the courts.
Giles was different and similar to Miller’s The Crucible, Giles was sought out by the town, when something went wrong. There were different reasons why, miller describes corey as a honorable and innocent man that did not need to be punished for something so trivial.Although, in real occurrences he had hidden demons not mentioned in the play, the murder of the farm hand that was brutally beaten with a stick. John proctor and giles relationship may different since he confessed that Giles did such crime, Miller states that they are good friends and that Giles tries to
Grundy 4 help save proctor's wife. He was crushed to death for not complying with the court and held his morals till his death. That even salem there were political and personal agendas, so there were similarities to Miller's circumstances and Giles Corey's. So even with the rumor and confession of him murdering a farmhand Giles held to some of his morals till his death and he was not as heroic in the play as he was in