Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) was a Chilean poet and educator. Her poetry earned her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1945. Gabriela Mistral was born Lucila Godoy Alcaya on April 6, 1889, at Vicuña, a small town in northern Chile. Her parents were...

Gabriela Mistral, literary pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was the first Spanish American author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature; as such, she will always be seen as a representative figure in the cultural history of the continent. One of th...

Fear An aversion to a person, place, activity, event, or object that causes emotional distress and often avoidance behavior. Fear is defined as emotional reaction related to a person, place, activity, event, or object. Symptoms of fear may include...

A burnt child fears the fire, and a bitten child fears a dog. (Danish) A dog which has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow. (Roman) A lofty thing fears being made equal with a lower. (Roman) A man does not enter a slaughterhouse if he...

Fear is a psychological concept that is used to describe the cluster of behaviours that are observed and experienced when a human being faces a threatening situation. If suddenly confronted by a stranger holding a gun to your face, you will realize...

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Fear is an emotional response to tangible and realistic dangers. Fear should be distinguished from anxiety, an emotion that often arises out of proportion to the actual threat or danger involved, and can be subjectively experienced without any specific...

Air Security: We've urged Congress to pass a law that protects airlines that kick suspicious passengers off planes from being sued. The House of Representatives has passed legislation that's about halfway there.By a 304-121 vote on Tuesday, the House passed the Rail and Public Transportation...

A few days before the publication of The Sex Doctors in the Basement, Molly Jong-Fast's rambling, name-dropping, half-crazy but very funny memoir, the 26-year-old writer met The Transom for sushi on the Upper East Side. In this book of essays about growing up Jong (she's...

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has limited his public appearances because he fears being targeted for assassination by Israel, his spokesman said Tuesday."He is frightened by the Israeli forces," Ghazi Hamad told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "He's scared of being assassinated ......

What could be more French than cognac?Its grapes come from a strictly marked-off region of western France, and French rules govern how it is distilled, aged and labeled.Yet the distillation process is partly Dutch-invented. Famous cognac houses were founded by Irishman Richard Hennessy and Englishman...

In the following essay, Slote uses concepts developed in the writings of Blaise Pascal, S0ren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, and Jean Paul Sartre to explain how the fear of death accounts for many aspects of human behavior.

In the following essay, Hatcher discusses Chaucer's realistic presentation of Troilus's anxiety over Criseyde's infidelity in Book V of Troilus and Criseyde through comparison with a parallel passage in Boccaccio's Il Filostrato.

In the following essay, Merivale focuses on "Gothic pedagogy," or learning by fear.

This essay is a reflective essay on what kind of affect fear has on a child.

Examines fear in American society. Discusses the roots of fear and how it shapes personality. Describes how fear can be hindering and even fatal.

Fear

Fear is the sweat dripping down your face as you walk along through the woods. Fear is the anxiety of waiting for your report card, so you can grab it first rather then your parents. Fear is all the sharks swimming freely in the ocean while you are scuba diving. Fear is "a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the existence or presence of danger,." A disturbance when danger is around or when you experience jeopardy, you yourself are worried for your well-being and comfort. Fear is