What Is Fear In The Crucible

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Some might ask what I think of fear. To me fear is something you are afraid of. Like when your secret is about to come out and you get to believing that everyone won’t like you if it does. Or when your mom is close to finding out something you do on the low with your friends. Now here’s examples of fear in the article “The Crucible”, let’s get to it. Reverend Parris plays the Minister and mind you he’s the father of Betty. The article tells us his fear is ruining his reputation, and losing his position as minister.Now I know this because in the text it states “But then they'd quickly realize that Parris is just worried about his reputation.” The text also states “ He's afraid that if people think there's witchcraft in his household, he'll

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