uot; high over the town " (143). John Proctor
             showed courage for his friends and family and by doing it, helped put an end
             Another good example of with a good deal of courage is Giles Corey.
             Giles is a 83-year old landowner who is sturdy, mettlesome, and fiercely
             independent. He's unenlightened and pig-headed, but at the same time,
             warm-hearted and undaunted. He reveals himself to be a great man of
             awesome courage and will when he would not answer "aye or nay to his
             indictment" (135). When Elizabeth Proctor was telling her husband, John,
             about it, she explained, " great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead
             aye or nay. They say he give them two words. ' More weight', he says. And
             died. " (135). Giles Corey's wife, Martha, and all of his friends, had already
             been convicted of witchcraft, so he had probably decided that he had nothing
             to live for. Giles humbly protested the one-sided courts by sacrificing hims
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