Examples Of Fear In The Crucible

Challenges of Fear Fear is a challenge that everyone has to deal with at least once in their lifetime. Everyone has a fear of something, whether it's the fear of spiders, the fear of darkness, or even the fear of school. Fear is also shown in Kindred, which is a book about Dana; a young, black woman, who time-travels back to the 1800s. This is a period where people of color were not treated well, and Dana had to suffer through it. It is also shown in The Crucible through Abigail's perspective as she keeps lying to keep herself from being killed. The question is how does a person respond when challenged by fear? The answer is simple: When challenged by fear, one tends to respond in a way that will protect one’s self from harm.

Firstly, Dana, the main character of the book Kindred, is challenged by fear many times throughout the story. One example of this is when Dana is whipped by Weylin for stealing books from him. In Kindred, Octavia Butler tells us that Dana says, “I kept trying to crawl away from the blows, but I didn't have the strength or the coordination to get far,” (107). This connects to fear because Dana was brutally abused to the point where she was frightened and didn’t have to strength to get up. Another example is when Rufus tries to rape Dana, and she stabs him to

An example of this is when Arthur Miller tells us that Abigail says, “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Good Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (570). This shows that Abigail lied about Elizabeth Proctor in order to save her own reputation around the village. Another example is when Abigail blames Tituba for forcing her to drink blood. Referring to Tituba, Abigail tells Reverand Hale, “She makes me drink blood!” (592). This also shows that Abigail is lying and blaming another person to protect herself from harm and not be