Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, you know. No one's rage is worse than a jilted woman's. Nancy, for example, has nothing pleasant to say about Tom—hell, you know, hath no fury. The image here is of love turned to ice, but Nancy is not alone in her fury. Love turns to anger when someone we love rejects us. When Tom refuses to forgive Nancy, she is left with no choice other than to pour all her anger into a written document. Now, this isn't something that happens every day. If it did, people would use up their whole lifetime supply of anger venting to others. So obviously this kind of situation requires something special to happen, otherwise there wouldn't be any point in saying that hell has no fury like a woman scorned. What happens is that when Tom realizes what Nancy has done, he will never forgive her. Not only has she destroyed any chance he had of getting back together with her, but also he believes that she has moved on with her life while he is still stuck in Nancy's shadow. This makes him so mad that he vows not to let himself be hurt again, so he decides to put a stop to his relationship with Nancy once and for all. At first, this seems like a good idea to Tom.