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Fear often becomes our worst enemy when it makes you become irrational and stops you from thinking clearly. First of all‚ fear can make us become overly cautious‚ to the point where it causes harm. In Nadine Gordimer’s novel “Once Upon a Time” a family builds a barbed wire wall because they are so afraid of the robberies and the boy decides to explore the fence and dies from being shredded by the wire “(the boy) dragged a ladder to the wall‚ the shining coiled tunnel...with the first fixing of its
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Lorraine Peters American Literature Ms. Jelen September 29 The Crucible and The Dynamics of Fear The worst thing one has to fear is fear itself. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ fear infiltrates the everyday lives of the people of Salem by disturbing many citizens and causing some of them to resort to lies and dishonesty to deflect criticism of their character. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ fear changes a girl’s true nature and power thirsty men begin to crumble at the thought of losing their
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factors leading to the boys’ decline in civilization were fear‚ which they had to deal with constantly‚ and their demand for dominance among one another. Fear led the boys to irrational decisions while the thirst for power led the boys to disagree upon one another’s choices‚ which consequently led to the separation between the
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Everyone have fears in life. No man in this world can easily just say that they have nothing to be afraid of. Fear is a basic part of human nature‚ of even life itself for all creatures. We are not born with fear‚ though. It is something we learn very quickly. Fear is a safety mechanism to keep us from putting ourselves in danger‚ from causing ourselves pain. And I am sure after you have graduated highschool‚ you are hesitant‚ nervous‚ or you have so many thoughts about the idea of becoming a college
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Fear and Foresight Fear is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger” (Webster‘s dictionary). Fear is also the best way to disrupt one’s foresight creating corrupted decisions. To achieve this level of understanding‚ so that one’s decisions will be made effectively‚ one must understand him or herself well enough to be able to cut out the emotion and think rationally. Recalling experiences from the holocaust Fear tended to come when there was no hope or faith in the novel Night‚ by award
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Fear can occur when a person has a feeling of threat or danger and sometimes harm or anxiety for oneself or another. Fear can often influence a person to take extreme measures and act irrationally. For instance there are a number of parallels between the treatment of of the accused during Salem Witch Trials and the treatment of Muslims after 9/11 ; In both cases people were being belittled and downgrading‚ and society was in a state of grief and shock and it all resulted in discrimination of the
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In The Crucible‚ the author displays the power that fear and suspicion have over people through the divine will of the main characters as it spreads throughout the community. During act three of The Crucible‚ Mary Warren was taken in front of the court to confess the lies and suspicion that the young girls were spreading throughout the town. While trying to confess‚ Mary was pressured into irrational fear of being convicted of being a witch‚ because of this Mary turned against Mr.Proctor‚ accusing
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for the person who dies (and this is so because death deprives that person of the goods of life). However‚ Kagan denies that death is not bad. It is reasonable or appropriate for people to fear death. Kagan claims that only if people have three conditions. The first is the object of fear is bad. People are fear of death because of the badness of death. Death is defined as a bad thing because if people died‚ all things will not exist. If a person does afraid of one thing‚ the thing must be bad. Put
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However‚ after Duncan’s death in Act II.I‚ Macbeth’s use of fear becomes more personal and revolves around how he could secure the throne‚ pushing him into uncontrollable ruthlessness and recklessness. He is “bound in /To saucy doubts and fears (III. IV)”‚ unable to rest until he removes all possible obstacles in his path to maintain his hold on the crown. This fear stems from having people find out of the murder and‚ mirroring his sentiments before Act II.I‚ from losing his current status of thane
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