9-4+Townspeople

Townspeople

Your Name: Akshay Damany

Characters: 1. Giles Corey 2. Francis Nurse 3. Martha Corey

Choose one of the characters above and answer the following questions from their perspective.

The character I chose was: Giles Corey

1. What is the problem you are faced with?

My wife has been charged with bewitching someone's pigs by reading books. She isn't confessing and therefore will be hanged. I may be a little responsible because I said that I couldn't pray when she was reading. I am very angry because I know that this is all a hoax, but also scared because my wife may be a victim of it.

2. Who do you think is responsible for your problem, and what is motivating them?

The girls, especially Abigail Williams, are responsible. I believe that they are motivated by revenge. For example, Abigail is trying to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor because she is in live with John Proctor.

3. How are you trying to solve your problem, and are you successful?

I have gone down to the courtroom and yelled that I had evidence for the court and that they are hearing lies about my wife. My deposition stated that Thomas Putnam was accusing people to get land.

4. Is there anything ironic or contradictory about what you know and what you say or do?

Nothing I say is contradicting myself. I say what I believe is true.

5. When you have completed your questions above, go to your group’s discussion page and post a discussion about how you feel the trial is going so far. Don’t forget to use specific examples, and sign your character’s name.

6. Next, log onto another group’s discussion page and respond to a posting as your character.

Project: Using the program Pages (the inkwell icon on the dock) write either a one page editorial/newspaper or public notice to hang on the church door expressing “your” feelings about the events happening in the town.