Fear is a crazed emotion that controls the life of anyone it touches. The rollercoaster of fear that many ride, can be the breaking point, or the bounce back part in life. Fear is represented in all stories like in Macbeth, The Leaving, and Warren Pryor. All of these stories have a major impact in the plot all due to fear within the characters. With fear present in the character, it drives them to act ways they would not have.
The tragedy of Macbeth is a great example on how fear accelerates uncommon behavior. Macbeth was a loyal, trustworthy and caring soldier until his wife challenges him to commit treason and kill King Duncan. Macbeth fears that if he does not accept his wifes challenge then he will be known as a soft man to her. However, if Macbeth chooses to go through with the murder he fears that the world will turn against him. The split road decision ends with Macbeth commiting murder which creates a massive change within himself, and the world he lives in.
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Elizabeth is in a situation in her marriage where she feels like she has no rights and she is scared that she is setting the wrong example for her daughter Sylvie. Elizabeth's grabs Sylvie and takes her on a roadtrip to Halifax to show her that there is more in life than washing dishes and cooking dinner. Also Elizabeth’s ditching of her family was a proving point to her husband that she does not fear leaving him anymore. This was a major bounce back point in her life as she faced her fears and proved herself not just to her husband, but also to her
Fear is a powerful human emotion. It can make you do things you wouldn’t normally do, like risk taking and bad choices. Fear can spike your adrenaline. For example if someone was to lift a car off a run over child, that would be caused by adrenaline, which is caused by fear. According to several studies done by physicians
Fear is defined as an “unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat”. The effects of fear can cause us to become a totally different person. In the book, The Lord of the Flies, many of the characters went from innocent young child to a brutal savage. “This was a savage whose image refused to blend with the innocent pictures of a boy in shorts and shirt” (Golding 183). The boys arrived on the island looking like proper British boys from a civilized place, and left the island
“Underlying the quest for power is fear, and the desire for power is to eliminate fear. The more fearful a person is the more control over their environment they believe they need to feel safe” (Robert Evans Wilson Jr.). Throughout literature and modern history, fear is used as a scapegoat for the desire of power. The acquired power acts as a safety blanket for one’s deep, internal anxieties. Shakespeare demonstrates how fear becomes a driving factor in a person’s behavior. Macbeth’s nature is greatly altered after the death of King Duncan provokes his desire to become king. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies explains how the fear of the unknown is the source of survival instinct in everyone. The murders of Simon and Piggy bring
Fear. Fear Is not just being afraid of that Clown that just follows you around on halloween night scaring everybody in sight. Fear is the emotion in the back of your mind that torments you every waking moment. It tells you what to say and keeps you from letting things out, even when sometimes the best thing for you is to let it out. “Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.” quoted by unknown.
In the book, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, some examples of fear are, Abigail is scared of losing John Proctor so she starts accusing Elizabeth Proctor so she is taken to jail. Abigail thought by accusing someone as in Elizabeth, that she could get John to love her again. But little did she know that he was going to stick by his wife, because he has put her through enough.
up being driven mad by the guilt and she ends up taking her own life
Fear is a feeling created in a response to a perceived danger. Fear can produce pleasure, heighten awareness, be in the form of phobia, a fear of the unknown and an instinctual response to danger.
Fear, this moves us to do many things no matter if they are against or for our morals. In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth it was fear that was the main deciding factor that themed throughout this play. This can be proved by the other murders that happened after King Duncan's. These murders were committed, because Macbeth was scared of being caught and having to serve justice for the crimes he had committed. And as for Lady Macbeth, she washes her hands all the time trying to get the blood that is no longer on her hands off and sleepwalking, all of what she does is out of her own fear.
Fear is something everyone feels at some point in their life. Fear is a feeling that your body produces in dangerous, threatening, or scary situations. It is the ability to identify danger and make a choice to either confront that fear or flee from the situation.Why do we human act in strange ways when reacting to fear in a negative way. Fear is a rash feeling that cause affect on humans. Fear would negatively affect people in ways to make them to unrashinal things. Positive things that can come out of fear is being alert and being more self aware.
In Macbeth they show terror of how people fear Macbeth. In act 2 the characters displays terror when Macbeth kills Duncan inside of his castle. In reality people are scared to go out because of the way of one person treat them and how stories on the news show what people do to themselves because of bullying. In act 3 the characters are afraid of Macbeth because he killed Macduff’s family. In real life people turn on the people they know
Macbeth’s unfettered lust for power led to his biggest detriment, the transformation into a man living in fear who cannot possibly escape this continuous cycle of trepidation. Though Macbeth may hide these fears behind a strong exterior throughout the play, it remains a primary emotion and potent motivating force in his life.
What is fear? Fear is a particular state of mind than can be originated from a realistic circumstance or a sense
Fear is a feeling induced by experience, perceived danger, or watching a frightening traumatic accident. The fear responses arise from the perception of danger and ultimately a change in behaviour, such as fleeing, or hiding or from perceived traumatic events. Every person has fears and different fears may be different adaptations that have been useful in our evolutionary past. I have fears too, and sometime, I feel embarrassed to intersperse my fear with others.
It takes both the audience’s pity and fear to make a tragic and heroic character become a tragic hero. Macbeth earns both. The audience can fear Macbeth because they know that he is capable of murder. He lacks the ability to stand up to Lady Macbeth when he knows something is not morally right and that is frightening, but even after all the pain and suffering of other characters the audience
It had been a long and exhausting day, all Elizabeth wanted to do was go home spend so time with her girls and spend the night reconnecting with her husband, being almost six months pregnant and having a seven year old and a two and a half year old, and not to mention them both having full time jobs, finding alone time with her husband was not happening, she missed him being close to him, talking to him about their day without being interrupted by their crying children,