Traditionally, people define fear as a distressing emotion caused by a threat, but the real definition of fear is a hindrance of the mind that causes weakness. I started with the dictionary definition which stated that it was a distressing emotion and the synonym of fear that I found in the thesaurus: faint hearted. I concluded that fear was a distressing emotion caused by a perceived threat, and it was considered cowardly. From reading Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, I added that fear and doubt were interconnected in the manner that they both can prevent one from attempting something new, even something as important as saving a life. The poem helped me infer that one could be made fun of due to his or her fear. From the quote by Marie Curie,
