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What are you afraid of, a fate worse than death?
— Professor Plum • Clue
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker challenges the listener's fear with a taunting question, asking what could possibly scare them if not something worse than death. The phrasing turns a familiar dread into a provocation, daring the other person to name a terror greater than dying.
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