Category: Fear

Arthur Millers allegorical play, The Crucible, and Geraldine Brookss work of historical fiction, Year of Wonders, explore how religious despotism engenders fear and suppression within communities, as well as the adverse impacts such feelings can incite. As the religious ethos of the seventeenth century transitioned from pagan-inflected control to puritanical theocracy, fear and suppression become…

Fear of the unknown, a persons natural tendency of perceived fear based on an absence of information at different levels of consciousness. This year celebrates the 65th anniversary of The Crucible written by Arthur Miller based on the Salem Witch trials in 1692. He was denounced for discourtesy and condemnation of the U.S. Congress as…

Fear is often based on an absence of information. This year celebrates the 65th anniversary of The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. A play based on the Salem Witch trials of 1692 when, nineteen people were persecuted and subsequently imprisoned or hanged after they were accused of witchcraft based on nothing but accusation and hearsay.…

Fear defeats hope is a satirical cartoon composed by a retired Australian political cartoonist, (Sourced from the Saturday paper) Geoff Pryor. This cartoon cleverly broadcasts an in-depth insight of society through its various range of shadings and dialect. This cartoon also cleverly implements the concept of allusion into the overall message. This cartoon is an…

Introduction The thing is  fear cant hurt you any more than a dream. (90) A human’s fears should not be taken lightly. Fear could do anything to a persons mind, even without fear a man can become as savage as an animal. Fear can haunt a person to a point of self-destruction and can…

The average person ingests eight spiders per year while sleeping. A ridiculous and yet commonly heard myth that continues to spread. It is not a secret that even just the thought of spiders is enough to elicit fear out of people, but many people may not know why society has this automatic response. Many people…

Human nature causes similar behavior when conflict arises, regardless of what group one may be in. This is illustrated in many different writings over time. For example, the societies from Lord of the Flies and The Crucible, while they have several obvious differences, but they are very similar. Both societies had the potential to be…

In life some things come and go, whether it be people or even emotions, not everything is permanent. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the main character Santiago, who is portrayed as a courageous boy sets out from his home country to the Egyptian deserts with the goal of finding his treasure. However, along the…

Your fear is not real. Whatever fear you think is holding you back, does not exist. What does seem to prevail is F.E.A.R; an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real. It is an illusion. Something you fabricate in your minds and pretend is real when really there is no threat. There is no threat of…

We all have fear, its a natural instinct and we cope with those fears differently because we are all different with our own unique personalities! In the book Lord of the Flies the author William Golding shows the fears of Jack, Ralph, and Piggy and chooses specific ways for them to cope with that fear.…