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- Gatsby's fear of intimacy is his apparent love for a married women.
- Daisy is still married to Tom so this distance between Gatsby and Daisy creates an emotional connection.
- Gatsby explains his fear of intimacy through repressing his past and achieving financial and social success.
- This emotional connection between Daisy and Gatsby creates fear
- "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.”(Fitzgerald 92)
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- "She never loved you, do you hear? She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me!" (Fitzgerald 130)
This quote shows the fear that Gatsby has in losing Daisy, it also shows that in Daisy's heart she loved him and the fear and frustration of waiting for Gatsby only pushed them together.

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In conclusion, fear is not always a harmful emotion because it pushes a person beyond their limits. Although there is evidence that fear can be a harmful emotion, the good outweighs the bad.

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Fear is all around us and is felt in everyone's life. Fear is an emotion or feeling in response to physical or emotional danger.

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Generally, fear is a response to a physical or emotional danger but can push a person beyond their limits.

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"Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee." (3.3.173)

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Although there is evidence to support that fear can be a harmful emotion, fear is an emotion that pushes one further than their limits. For example, in The Crucible Abigail Williams and John Proctor push their limits by having presuming an affair. Abigail attempts flatter Proctor, pushing beyond her limits while still in fear of the town finding out about the affair.

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"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!"(4.4.288) this shows that fear can be a harmful emotion because it can lead to a lot of things, but unfortunately it usually leads to something bad. John Proctor says this when he rips up his confession letter, meaning he will be hung.

"He is speaking reasonably, restraining all his fears, his anger, his anxiety. You saw her scream, she howled, she swore familiar spirits choked her; she even testified that Satan, in the form of women now in jail, tried to win her soul away, and then when she refused --" (2.2.231)

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Others may say that fear is always a harmful emotion because not all characters are free from harm in The Crucible.

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Fear of intimacy plays a huge roll. The relationships between Gatsby and Daisy, Daisy and Tom, and Nick and Jordan suffer from a fear of intimacy and a fear of the emotional pain that occurs when humans fall in love. However, this emotional pain causes humans to grow close to one another.

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-Abigail and John have a fear of their reputations being ruined so they push to save them.
- Abigail has a fear of being caught for experimenting with witchcraft in the forest.
- John & Abigail fear that the truth about them will come out
- Hysterical Fear, fear can slowly deteriorate, leading to mass hysteria
- "I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" (Act 1, page 45).
- "PROCTOR: I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is enough!" (130)

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Fear is not always a harmful emotion because fear is a powerful energy that pushes a person further than their limits.