- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
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- Henry IV, Part 2
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- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
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The narrator feels this “panic terror” after witnessing the Martians’ heat-ray gun for the first time. It’s worth noting that in this instant he draws a distinction between “rational fear” and “panic terror”; the former implies that certain kinds of fear are orderly and reasonable, whereas the latter implies that other kinds of fright are completely without logic. Indeed, the word “panic” denotes an abrupt and—more importantly—uncontrollable fear or anxiety that usually leads to unmitigated behavior and foolish decision-making. The narrator further accentuates the hysterical properties of the word “panic” by adding the word “terror,” an even more extreme way…