Fear is a natural aspect of life, the human brain has evolved to have reactions such as the fight or flight response. This is not always the case there are other times when fear is culpable of chaos and destruction in certain places or destroy the lives of innocent people. In some cases fear can cause people to lie, accuse and ruin the lives of innocent people.
Fear can make someone tell lies that can have a domino effect and end up affecting the life of many people, lies that can help them avoid punishment for things they have done. In the crucible Tituba is a slave girl from Barbados who is accused by other people of being a witch, she is shocked by the accusations since the punishment for witchcraft in the colonies was death. The fear of being killed by the people in Salem compelled her to admit that she was a witch aiding the devil to bring chaos and destruction to the Salem. “No, no don’t hang Tituba! I tell him …show more content…
During the 1950’s the people of the United States were growing more and more fear towards the Soviet Union, the people feared an attack from the USSR. Joseph McCarthy saw this and used the fear of the people to get attention and power. “In February 1950 McCarthy made a speech in the Senate accusing 81 individuals in the State Department of affiliating with communists. In June he alleged that there were more than 150 individuals in Hollywood that were communists. The senator accused many innocent people without having any proof of what he was saying, other people were afraid of going against him because they thought he would also accuse them of being traitors who were working with the Soviets. McCarthy’s baseless political witch hunt came to an end when the Army alleged that McCarthy had pressured officials into giving preferential treatments to an associate of his. Fear can be a tool someone can use to manipulate others to cause intimidation, get fame and
Fear can make someone tell lies that can have a domino effect and end up affecting the life of many people, lies that can help them avoid punishment for things they have done. In the crucible Tituba is a slave girl from Barbados who is accused by other people of being a witch, she is shocked by the accusations since the punishment for witchcraft in the colonies was death. The fear of being killed by the people in Salem compelled her to admit that she was a witch aiding the devil to bring chaos and destruction to the Salem. “No, no don’t hang Tituba! I tell him …show more content…
During the 1950’s the people of the United States were growing more and more fear towards the Soviet Union, the people feared an attack from the USSR. Joseph McCarthy saw this and used the fear of the people to get attention and power. “In February 1950 McCarthy made a speech in the Senate accusing 81 individuals in the State Department of affiliating with communists. In June he alleged that there were more than 150 individuals in Hollywood that were communists. The senator accused many innocent people without having any proof of what he was saying, other people were afraid of going against him because they thought he would also accuse them of being traitors who were working with the Soviets. McCarthy’s baseless political witch hunt came to an end when the Army alleged that McCarthy had pressured officials into giving preferential treatments to an associate of his. Fear can be a tool someone can use to manipulate others to cause intimidation, get fame and