Doomsday

In Chapter 1 of Millennial Seduction, Professor Quinby writes, “skeptical revelation entails seeing both emotion and cognition as not only time and culture bound, but also bound together” (Quinby 22).

In the creative works we’ve read and seen so far, how do the authors manipulate emotion (either on the part of the characters or the reader/viewer) within the apocalyptic framework?  In the examples you choose, discuss whether the use of emotion compliments or complicates the traditional apocalyptic story.