The Crucible | Characters
Ezekiel Cheever
Cheever is a tailor and a clerk of the court who places great importance in his job, which he sees as a holy one. He is at once fearful, embarrassed, apologetic, and a little officious. He discovers the doll that Mary knitted for Elizabeth Proctor. Discovering a needle in the doll's stomach, he believes that Elizabeth is practicing some kind of witchcraft that has affected Abigail.
Giles Corey
An old man, Giles Corey is "knotted with muscle, canny, inquisitive, and still powerful. . . . He didn' t give a hoot for public opinion, and only in his last...
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