Examples Of Boldness In The Crucible

Gabby Miller

4th period

Many people have their own definition of courage some may think of bravery, daring, determination and so many more synonyms, My word to describe courage would be boldness. In the Crucible the turn of events showed the characters true colors and their weaknesses, These two characters that will be desrcribed have showed boldness in a positive and negitive way.

To start off with we have Giles Corey, this witted old man was heroic and saved his wife (even though he accidentally got her on trial) “I will not give you no name. I mentioned my wife’s name once and I’ll burn in hell long enough for that. I stand mute” and by saying the two well known words "more weight" this was a big act of boldness which is pretty impressive of what honor he has for his wife. Another act Giles did, he accused one of the girls of "crying out" fibbing, the reason was that her

Elizabeth wasn’t going to take that so she stood up and said "the girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world" This is so a big deal because abigail has been tearing people down and accusing them of witchcraft. So that does build up a lot of courage to stick up to your self. Lastly Hale was asking Elizabeth if she thinks witches were real or fiction and elizabeth said “If you believe I be secretly bound to Satan, then I must tell you, sir, I do not believe it” What she said was so risky like she couldve got blamed for what she said but no like she does Elizabeth stands up for her self . I think the Crucible showed how heroic some people can be even when faced with death and they defended there beliefs no matter what was going to happen to them. Giles and Abigail were two great examples of these type of people. Both their characters were severely tested and they stood with their own side instead of giving