Arthur Miller’s allegorical play, ‘The Crucible, and Geraldine Brooks’s 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 much more prevalent in society, and were used as a form of subjugation. This is evident in the events that occur in both texts, and...
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Fear can be described in many ways, whether it is out of supernatural experiences, haunting or fear suffered by characters in a book. The topic of fear is depicted by the authors in both Beloved and Dracula. Fear in each of the texts can be fuelled by the reader's interpretation or within the author's objectives to create a perception of fear for the reader to feel. One aspect of fear in ‘Beloved’, is depicted through the idea that Beloved is...
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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 way he encounters several bumps in the road, but with an optimistic attitude he looks at it with nothing but positivity and takes them in...
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Introduction to Emotions Do you ever wonder what your dog is thinking? Does she miss you when you leave for work in the morning? What is he trying to say as he holds that toy in his mouth and wiggles all over, greeting you at the door? While we aren’t sure of what they would say, many of us would agree that our dogs certainly have emotions to some extent. But does a hermit crab become sad when its shell...
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Introduction The term emotion indicates various enjoyable or distressing mental states. Emotions can be regarded as the indispensable faculty for acquiring knowledge. Through this paper I am trying to analyze how the emotions and feelings are related to acquiring knowledge. Emotions will expand our ideas. and they clearly play an important role in everyday challenges such as responding to threads and building relationships. But emotions also aid in other, more intellectual challenges for humans. Emotions motivates us to engage in...
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Introduction to Fear and Power in "The Crucible" and "Stranger Things" Fear is a very potent emotion, an extreme force of nature, in which lies the power to destroy many lives. Arthur Miller’s allegorical play, The Crucible and the sci-fi horror series Stranger Things by the Duffer Brothers enable us to see that those in power often manipulate people’s fear to maintain power and disempower others. Synonymously they explore how institutions of power use the fears of their followers to...
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The film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright, is overdramatized however, it does conclude very well that anger and fear are instinctual emotions that are primarily connected with motivation. Motivation and Emotions are distinct constructs however, when dealing with emotions of instincts, namely fear and anger, motivation and emotion have more similarities than differences. Fear is an emotion that one experiences when feeling endangered and drives individuals to follow their instincts to escape or freeze. Anger is...
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Have you ever thought that you could get over your fears about college? Students have so many fears whether it's about failing math, not having as much time anymore, etc. My two biggest fears for college are public speaking and not being able to make friends. Public speaking is one of the biggest fears that most students have. You hear people saying to imagine the audience in their underwear, I’ve tried it for me that doesn’t help. According to Joan...
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As a child, I dreamed that I would become rich and travel to the cozy cities of Europe. But, being in the center of Barcelona, I did not feel the peculiarity of the moment. Everything happened consistently and even logically. My journey, which began in a small village, continued in the capital in an unexpected way for many. And all because I was not afraid to dream. Successful graduation from school and passing the exams allowed me to enter a...
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Fear. We all experience it universally every day as a basic emotion. Everywhere we go, everything we do, fear is hidden deep in our minds. Some might not consider fear’s power over us, thinking it’s too small of emotion to be in control of our ginormous body, and our even bigger life. Fear is just known to be a survival instinct, only to take control in dire situations, it sounds like we benefit from it, don’t we? Phobia comes from...
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