The Crucible Giles Hardy Quotes

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Giles Corey is a eighty year old farmer who is very outspoken. Giles Corey was arrested many times and was accused of setting fire to John Proctor’s house and beating a farmhand as Arthur Miller writes, “No man has ever been blamed for so much” (40). Giles is known to speak his mind which not only hurts him but also hurts others including his wife Martha Corey who is falsely accused of witchcraft. Giles Corey is first mentioned when Reverend Hale arrives to Salem, Giles mentions that his wife Martha Corey reads “strange” books at night. Giles explains to Reverend how Martha’s reading affects him, “Last night - mark this - I tried and tried- and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly

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