How does the theme of fear impact Mayella in To Kill a Mockingbird? What things made her fear society, her father, Atticus, and so on, and how does...

Fear
and the threat of violence were the primary reasons why Mayella Ewell decided to falsely accuse
Tom Robinson of assaulting and raping her. Mayella's father, Bob Ewell, is a notorious, abusive
alcoholic, who assaulted his daughter after he witnessed her kissing Tom Robinson. After
severely beating Mayella, Bob threatened Mayella to corroborate his story and blame Tom Robinson
for her extensive injuries and bruises.

During Tom Robinson's testimony, he
states that Mayella implied that her father sexually molested...