The Necklace Lesson Plan

In “Fear,” do you agree with the narrator’s definition of fear?

The narrator has a very specific definition of fear. He says, “Fear is something truly horrifying (and the bravest of men sometimes experience it); it is a terrible feeling, like the rotting of a soul. It stops hearts and thoughts dead, and even thinking about it leaves you shivering in anguish. But when you’re brave, you don’t feel it when facing an attack, or inevitable death, or even the more common forms of danger; you only feel it in certain, unusual circumstances, under certain mysterious influences and in the face of some vague menace. Real fear is a recollection of fantastical terrors from long ago."...