Thomas+Putnam+Sketch

Thomas Putnam Character Sketch By: Mike Polk

  (Thomas and Ann Putnam)  Thomas Putnam is a hard working rich farmer who wants to gain land from all of these people being accused in the town. Giles Corey soon realizes this and accuses him of taking advantage of the accused landowners. Corey says that a honest man overheard a conversation with Thomas and his daughter Ruth, he said that he wanted George Jacobs land so he is going to accuse him of witchcraft. Putnam of course denies these charges. If Thomas was one of the seven deadly sins it would definitly be Greed because of his greed for land. He wants to throw everyone under the bus and then take all of their land while they are be tried for witchcraft. Thomas is just trying to benefit from the accused people in the town. In one of the scenes he uses his daughter to get George Jacobs land by accusing him of coming to her at night. Which if you see how old George Jacobs that is almost impossible to believe that he climbed through her window at night. So then she switched her story to his spirit coming to her at night. Also during the play Thomas Putnam and his wife think that Goody Osbourn killed her seven babies. It seems like Putnam is just looking for dumb reasons to bring everyone down not only for greed but for revenge. During the whole play Thomas Putnam only cares about himself and his land.

Inconclusion Thomas Putnam is a greedy rich guy that uses his daughter to get richer by accusing other of witchcraft just for their land. And back in those day the more land you had the more wealth you had so Thomas Putnam was get more and more wealthy every time he accused someone of witchcraft. Only one man is man enough to stand up against him and tell the court about what he is doing and how he is benefiting from the witch trials. But Thomas denies the charges and gets away free.

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