Holy Terror "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear, is fear of the unknown."- H.P. Lovecraft . Fear can make a man do anything weather it be suicide or to wage war on another nation. Fear is the most powerful weapon in every society and time and time again people have shown their true colors when faced with fear, for better or for worse. Possibly the most devastating, eye opening event in American history, 9/11 made international headlines which struck fear into the hearts of people. As a result of this fear people reacted in amazing ways. Many people turned to religion, "Reverend Billy Graham implored his listeners 'not to implode and disintegrate emotionally and spiritually as a
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Tituba, after being accused of practicing witchcraft, passed the blame onto others in order to clear her name. When pleading to Rev. Paris she says, "But he say,'You work for me, Tituba, and I make you free...' And I say 'You lie Devil, you lie!'... He say, ' Look! I have white people who belong to me." And I look and there was Goody Good" (Miller 44). Out of fear of being hanged Tituba names another person who was supposedly practicing witchcraft as well. Tituba does this in hopes of convincing everyone that she is faithful to God. She believes if she "betrays" the Devil by exposing some of his followers then she will prove that she loves God and will not be hanged. Just like Tituba, Mary Warren accuses John Proctor saying, "He come at me by night and every day to sign, to sign, to... My name, he wants my name. 'I'll murder you' he says, 'if my wife hangs! We must go over throw the court,' he says!"(Miller 110). Prior to this event John Proctor had convinced her to speak up and tell everyone they were faking it. However she is accused of being a witch herself and then she points the finger at Proctor to take victimize herself so she will get pity from the court. The most shocking part about this is that Mary Warren agreed to help proctor and then she betrays him as soon as things go south. As seen by Tituba and Mary Warren, fear can push people to extremes and sometimes to alleviate that fear one may do something that would compromise their moral
Tituba, after being accused of practicing witchcraft, passed the blame onto others in order to clear her name. When pleading to Rev. Paris she says, "But he say,'You work for me, Tituba, and I make you free...' And I say 'You lie Devil, you lie!'... He say, ' Look! I have white people who belong to me." And I look and there was Goody Good" (Miller 44). Out of fear of being hanged Tituba names another person who was supposedly practicing witchcraft as well. Tituba does this in hopes of convincing everyone that she is faithful to God. She believes if she "betrays" the Devil by exposing some of his followers then she will prove that she loves God and will not be hanged. Just like Tituba, Mary Warren accuses John Proctor saying, "He come at me by night and every day to sign, to sign, to... My name, he wants my name. 'I'll murder you' he says, 'if my wife hangs! We must go over throw the court,' he says!"(Miller 110). Prior to this event John Proctor had convinced her to speak up and tell everyone they were faking it. However she is accused of being a witch herself and then she points the finger at Proctor to take victimize herself so she will get pity from the court. The most shocking part about this is that Mary Warren agreed to help proctor and then she betrays him as soon as things go south. As seen by Tituba and Mary Warren, fear can push people to extremes and sometimes to alleviate that fear one may do something that would compromise their moral