Saturday, February 16, 2013

What is the significance of this quote from The Crucible?"If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property- that's the law! And there is...

This quote is crucial to understand a very possible motivation
behind the accusations for the witch trials. Giles Corey says this, and then
says,



"This man is
killing his neighbors for their
land!"



Here's the situation. Giles has
figured out that Putnam's daughter Ruth is the one who encouraged the conjuring of spirits by the
girls that original night. Ruth was only doing so because she was told to by her mother because
Tituba could maybe speak to the dead babies that Ann Putnam bore. After the girls corroborated on
their lie and started accusing people, it is safe to assume that Ruth is still under the finger
of her parents who could be giving her names of people to accuse that would benefit the Putnams
and their land aspirations if those people were dead. Giles has put the final details together
that George Jacobs land would be only able to be purchased after his death by one man in the
town: Thomas Putnam. This quote's possible motivation for the entire tragedy of Salem is one on
which the storyline hinges.


Good luck on your
homework.

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