The Devils Wrath In Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat”, Delia Jones is faced with her biggest fear, snakes! Sykes, Delia’s husband, a malicious, arrogant man, torments his wife constantly. This makes Delia feel as if there is a snake present. Finally, Sykes does bring an actual snake in the house. Therefore, the snake can represent Delia’s protector, sin, death, or devil but it most certainly is a mirrored reflection of Sykes.
The Deadly Impact of Fear People may think that their greatest fear is a ferocious animal, lightning speed, terrifying heights, or a venomous insect but the greatest fear of all is fear itself. When placed in an unfamiliar setting over an extended period of time, like the boys in William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies, fear escalates as time goes on. This is illustrated when the boys were unable to kill a pig when they had the right opportunity, to then brutally killing a pig as time progressed. To finally, killing one of their own. Lord of the Flies is the perfect example of how fear is a deadly driving force.
Reichard describes how the trembler works: “The diviner [seer] is seized with shaking, beginning usually with gentle tremors of arms or legs and gradually spreading until the whole body shakes violently. While in a trembling state, the seer enters a trancelike state, concentrating on the cause of the patient’s illness. After a diviner has determined what is wrong with the patient, he or she will prescribe certain ceremonies for certain conditions. For example: If the trouble originated because someone hurt a snake (even unintentionally), a “Holyway” chant might be in order. Snakes are considered a destructive force, and illness or imbalance can result from injuries done to them.
Fear is defined as a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, or pain. In the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, which depicts a time of panic, false accusation, and wrongful executions , all caused by one thing fear is present in everyone’s life at some time or another in the story. The feeling of fear overall plays a very important role in everyone’s life in the play. In a puritan society, in which reputation plays such an important role, the fear of guilt by affiliation becomes decidedly harmful. Knowing this townsfolk of Salem must fear that the sins of their friends will stain their names.
Macbeth on the other hand cannot sleep and starts to see things. When Macbeth starts acting strange towards people, Lady Macbeth deceives everyone to hind their secret. When Macbeth kills Banquo and Lady Macduff, Macbeth’s guilt starts to go away because the evil and amount of power has taken over him. Lady Macbeth starts to feel guilty and is no longer able to sleep. She fears the dark, meaning she is afraid of evil and what has become of it.
It is fear over a snake that causes the younger boys to panic and to exaggerate the dangers on the island, causing disorder and commotion. Both Jack and Piggy contribute to this sense of dread. Jack does so through his aggressive stance, which contains the implicit notion that they are in danger and must defend themselves from some unknown force.
In life we all have something we dread. They can be troublesome and cause anxiety and as a result, we can refer to them as “monster”. These monsters we face at times are due to our own misfortune. Nevertheless these monsters affect us and not in a good way. In the epic Beowulf, the protagonist, Beowulf, faces three different monsters.
David’s mother also starts changing in this part of the story because of how she starts doing more gruesome things than she usually does. She also gets any excuse to hurt David. You can also see how David relies on his dad for protection but his dad shows no empathy. “A few days later, Mother packed Father’s clothes on a boxes, and drove with my brothers and me to a place a few blocks from the fire station. There, in front of a dingy motel, Father waited.
I just hope things improve.” The family of resident Olive Bewick decided to move her to a different care home after she was found with bruising on her shins. Mrs Bewick had lived at Honeymead for five years until, over the last four months, her family became so concerned about her care that they complained to management. Her granddaughter Julie Ryall, 38, said: ‘We noticed things with her personal hygiene. Her nails were absolutely filthy, but she is either in bed or a wheelchair, so it’s not like she was doing gardening. “We also noticed dried food on her face where they had not washed it after meals.
The fear grows and engulfs even the bigger boys; Jack says, "You can feel as though you're not hunting, but-being hunted." Even Ralph says, "I'm frightened myself," this shows his weakness. This fear is the fear of the unknown; fear that they don't know what's going to happen to them, fear of themselves, and fear of the dark. Later in chapter 5 Piggy starts to realize they are not scared of the beast but scared of them, he says, "Unless we get frightened of people." The beast gets interpreted as a ghost or creature, also in chapter 5.