For example, when Antigone asks Ismene to break the law Ismene replies in fear saying "Think of how terrible than these deaths, our own death would be if we were to go against Creon." (Line 42). The power that Creon has over his people plays an important part in the play. When Creon makes a decree saying that Polyneices will not have a proper burial, his life starts to spiral out of control. This action leads to him being considered a tragic hero.
Extreme fixation: An illustration of obsession through language and metaphor. Submitted to: Professor Boughn, November 9th, 2011 Course: ENG210Y1 To be obsessed, is to be completely consumed by a persistent idea or image until mentally and physically, an unbreakable attachment is grown. When one is obsessed the dominion of their thoughts and feelings are fuelled by both the subject, and the desire to perform feely the actions necessary to bring this subject closer. In the passage from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, the character Ahab displays an absolute illustration of pure obsession. Captain Ahab’s uncontrollable compulsion and desire to hunt and kill Moby-Dick can be seen as an extreme obsession, in which, only the most sinister acts can appease.
crucible past present undoubtedly future deceptive individuals take advantage anxieties fears society when society insecurities exposed disconcerted mood spreads throughout people this contagion engulf entire population become like living entity causing people rashly hypocritically whether fear justified convincing individual exploit certain mentality called psychology psychology involves manipulating hysteria crowd fulfill desires arthur miller crucible abigail williams other characters spread fear witches puritan town salem fear that they spread ends permeating their community dominating lives everyone town psychological phenomenon known mass hysteria important effect events crucible contains many important events that precede madness that ensues play abigail williams instance love affair with john proctor wants proctor leave wife elizabeth another character with hidden agenda thomas putnam hopes take over some neighbor land amplify situation group girls questioned ministers performing witch like rituals forest puritan belief century devil other demons live forest witchcraft performed there well dissembling citizens begin accuse others witchcraft with very selfish motive john proctor describes hysteria ensues vengeance walking salem vengeance talking about motive accusers accusers able away injustices court because townspeople extremely afraid witchcraft thus eager annihilate signs mass also incredible effect later play when trials take place many people being convicted
He now lives in fear that the monster will kill him. That is also foreshadowed by the quotes “....I escaped..took refuge in the courtyard...listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life”. These quotes show that Frankenstein is truly afraid of what he has created and he will continue to run for his life. The Story of Frankenstein is one of terror and suspense, so diction is a very important aspect of this book, and specifically this passage. Shelley is an expert at selecting the right words to provoke the desired reaction upon whoever is reading her book.
(200) For Hobbes, the people living in the “state of nature,” which is a mental construct, experience a vivid fear of one another because of the prevailing anarchic condition. This paper shows how the mechanism of fear leads to the advent of the state, which basically resumes Hobbes’s political thought. The first part, which describes the Hobbesian view of human nature, serves as the basis for the second part which spells out the creation of the state out of the fear of mutual destruction. Pessimistic view of human nature Hobbes has a very pessimistic view of human nature as displayed in Leviathan. He considers the individual living in the state of nature as asocial.
As the storm approaches around him, King Lear goes mad, tortured by the pain of the turn his life has received. The madness is the understandable reaction to a life that has no meaning or purpose. Mad can also be used to describe upset and deranged. People seen King Lear this way quite often but some didn’t understand why. My mom has always said “For every action, there is a reaction.” I believe that all the “madness” that is going on is all for a reason.
While lying with Betty, she warns the other girls, “If anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night” (). However, when the news of her and the other girl's strange actions spreads like wildfire, the hysteria sets in. Abigail only contributes to the hysteria, though. She makes up lie after lie just to conceal her wrongdoing. She even pretends to see Mary Warren take the shape of a yellow bird while in court just to take the focus off her and John’s affair.
In other words, [someone] rushing to a conclusion before [they] have all the relevant facts.” And, according to lifehacker.com, “Lies, just like many other things, cause stress and anxiety.” Anyways, saying that “lying benefits society” is a hasty generalization because lies cause stress and anxiety. In continuation, lies harm society by also causing the bandwagon fallacy. According to biofortified.org, the definition of the bandwagon fallacy is, “If most people believe something or act in a certain way, it must be correct.” And also according to lifehack.org, “The number
The use of blame is usually a selfish man’s burden, but is sometimes justifiable in the effect of fear. In author Miller’s The Crucible, the characters’ use of blame is wrong and unjustifiable in every way. Abigail and the other girls’ actions of blaming cause the unrighteous demise of the innocent in Salem. Her actions are selfish and the other girls blame in fear of her. Abigail’s self-centered doings created a chain reaction that altered the whole village and its future.
Miller leaves the audience with a negative impression of the affect that these with power can have over others as he conveys the suffering that can result from such situations. Abigail lies to conceal her affair, and to prevent charges of witchcraft. Lowering her eyes to Parris, Abigail innocently pleads “we never conjured spirits”. Abigail shifts the focus away from herself, finding an avenue of power and takes full advantage of it. Ruthlessly accusing others of witchcraft she changes her story as a desperate act of self-preservation, “I danced with the devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand.