Fear

Greed and Fear, are both fundamental human reactions to our environment, but do they have relation with one another? An argument can me made, that Greed is a type of Fear and that both come hand-in-hand with each other. Without Fear is there Still Greed? I does not take years of experience to say that Greed and Fear are alike. The definition of Greed is, “intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.” And the definition of Fear is, “an unpleasant emotion caused…

fearing the wrong things. Furthermore, people end up living in state of fear leading them to become paranoid. Unfounded fears are dangerous in contemporary culture because those fears cause many problems that can lead to social tensions, stereotypes and other forms of negative behavior like being afraid of the wrong things. The untruthful distresses many people are facing today are creating social tensions that lead many people to fear each other. The news media plays an important part in…

phobia is an extreme irrational fear of something. Firstly, ladies and gentlemen I present to you automaton-phobia. Anyone afraid of ventriloquist dummies, wax dummies, scarecrows, and so on have this fear. In short someone with this fear can’t handle anything that falsely represents a sentient being. A sister fear to this is pupa-phobia, the fear of puppets and marionettes. Usually to treat this you go through different therapies to minimize certain aspects of the fear that get in the way of…

There is a lot of surveys before that has public speaking as the number one fear for a lot people especially in America. Some of the famous reasons are stage fright, being judge, low self-esteem etc. However, we all need to speak in front of either a small or bigger group of people whether we like it or not. Public speaking cannot be eliminated, we do it often even without realizing it, and sadly for those people who doesn’t like doing it including myself ended up not not being able to deliver…

horror cliches is marked within seconds of playing Layers of Fear. That's not to say this psychedelic horror-adventure doesn't offer anything original. Starting out in a seemingly empty 19th-century mansion certainly sets an uncomfortable tone, and aided by the rambling narrative of an artist who has completely lost his mind - Layers of Fear is consistently unsettling. While you could be forgiven for thinking the concept of Layers of Fear has been done before, it would be wrong to assume that…

The Fear of death is what I think is the major theme in this book. The main character Jack, and his wife Babette, shows a fear of death in most parts of the book. Jack was afraid from the beginning of death and when he got exposed from the toxic, he got even more afraid because he knew he was going to die. Babette on the other hand didn't get exposed but instead she seeks pleasure in drugs that she buys from a guy named Willie. I think they are cowards because they show so much fear…

Others fear to another's advantage in The Crucible. Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decisions in life. These fears were used as a bludgeon in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. This weapon was used to manipulate others to get what they want. This play starts with rumours about the rising of witchcraft, and when these rumors surfaced the cumulation of fear spread across the town like wildfire. The spread of fear caused the lives of the innocent to be robbed of their…

just afraid to open. However, fear is not the only thing that stops even human curiosity from leaving the shelter of sanity. Other factors also come into play, such as one’s own personal circumstances preventing escape. Another would be the individual’s connections to not just others but with himself. When considering the evidence provided in the play “Hamlet”, by William Shakespeare, specific scenes can be thoroughly dissected to highlight Hamlet’s stability. Fear assumes a vital part in the…

Throughout life people fear, whether it’s something ridiculous like bugs or something immense like death. But what if what is actually feared by people is what needs love the most? According to a quote from Rainer Maria Rilke, “Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love.”, normal everyday fears and life's more inevitable fears are just the things that need love the most. Similarly, Grant Wiggins in the novel A Lesson Before Dying and…

Fear is what motivates people's actions. No matter what your social status you are in you fear something. The feeling of fear can lead to the feeling of hysteria. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Around the late 1690’s, A little town in Salem, Massachusetts started to fear everything that was going on with witchcraft, hanging, and losing power especially Mary Warren, Thomas Danforth, Samuel Paris, and the low class women . This fear caused hysteria in Salem which led to the deaths of 20…