The Transformation of Giles Corey Although Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ focuses primarily on other characters‚ Giles Corey presents an interesting view of how circumstances can force a man to examine his own views and step into becoming a staunch advocate for the truth and a role model for others. In his first appearance‚ Corey seems to be a fairly typical cantankerous old man. He arrives with John Proctor in Rev. Parris’s house because he’s curious about the rumors of magic. He asks if
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Giles Corey was a successful farmer and an active member of the Salem church‚ but this reputable model citizen was not looked lightly upon when the word "witch" started floating around. In April of 1692‚ Ann Putnam‚ Jr.‚ Mercy Lewis‚ and Abigail Williams pointed a scornful finger at Giles. Ann said that Corey supposedly came to her on the 13th of April and asked her to write in "the devil’s book." She later said that a ghost came to her‚ asking to be avenged against his killer‚ Giles Corey. Corey
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In The Laboratory‚ the courtesan chooses poison as her murder weapon. Poison is often the weapon of choice for female killers. It requires little or no physical strength to administer‚ and can be done secretly. It also leaves little evidence thus making it difficult to detect the culprit. We believe the act of murder is because of another woman that her lover is with and she feels physically inferior to her rival. We know this because she starts saying ‘What a drop! She’s not little‚ no minion like
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The laboratory To explore the ways aspects of power are shown in the poem. This poem is a dramatic monologue about a woman whose lover is cheating on her with his mistress ‘Pauline’. The woman who is speaking talks about her feelings of hatred and betrayal‚ so she decides to show her lover how much she is hurt by poisoning his mistress and making him watch her die slowly. Robert Browning’s poem was set in the ancient regime when women were thought of as incapable and a lower class because of their
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Kevin Joseph English 11 Mrs. Kennedy-Brooks Period 3 11/18/09 How does Injustice Negatively Affect a Community? What is injustice? Injustice can be defined as an abuse of power‚ tarnished reputations‚ and death to the innocent. When people in a community are treated differently it makes people feel out of place. It makes them think that they do not belong. The book Honky talks about the author of the book‚ Dalton Conley. His family is the only white family that lives in a predominantly
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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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siblings. A similarity between the movie and the book would be that Abigail blames Tituba for speaking to the devil and in Betty’s room all the girls say whom they saw the devil. The book and the movie share another similarity‚ and it would be when Giles Corey had weight put on top of him because they were trying to get some information from him‚ but all he would said was “more weight”. Also‚ when Abigail was in the court at one time she pretended like Mary was hurting her and then all of the other
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Experiment 4 - Observations of chemical change Data Table 1: Reactions Expected | | Well #/ Question | Chemicals | Reaction | | | | A | NaHCO3 – CO2 | It creates bubbles‚ it keeps uncolored | B | HCl and BTB | It changes to a strong yellow liquid | C | NH3 and BTB | It changes to blue liquid | D | HCl and blue dye | It changes green. | E | Blue dye and NaOCI | it first is blue and after add the HCl creates several colors‚ which are yellow‚ blue and green | F | NaOCl and KI
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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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GILES LABORATORIES 1. What are the financial implications associated with closing the Columbus warehouse? Alternatives Cost Categories Retain Columbus Close Columbus Transportation: Michigan to Columbus (5‚000 cases x 25 lbs.) x 70 cents / cwt Indianapolis to Columbus (10‚000 cases x 25 lbs.) x 60 cents/cwt. $875.00/mo $1‚500.00/mo $2‚375.00/mo Michigan to Indianapolis (5‚000 cases x 25 lbs) x 70 cents/cwt Indianapolis to Columbus (15‚000 cases x 25 lbs) x 1
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