Passion Essays

While he may best be remembered for his classic autobiography Confessions, St. Augustine was also the author of The Problem of Free Choice, which raises many questions and provides answers for a plethora of questions regarding human life and the ability to think. He titles one of the sections of …

Compassion is a complex notion thought to have powerful influences on therapeutic relationships. The concept of measuring compassion in nursing has catalysed research into quantifying this otherwise invisible act of humanity (Sturgeon 2008). Person-centred care; attuning your kindness and competence to meet the unique needs of another person, is accepted …

The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Th. Dreyer in France in 1927, begins with an explanation of how the film was based on the original trial records. The film states that these documents contain the exact records of the questions of the judges and Joan’s responses. The …

Passion versus reason can be seen throughout the whole novel but Charlotte Bronti?? has mainly highlighted it in section three. The main characters who undergo passion and reason are Jane, Rochester and St. John Rivers. Passion mainly reflects on Jane and Rochester because it’s their passion that brings them back …

“ The only thing constant in the world is change’’ -Francois de la rochefoucauld According to sociologists social change refers to the fundamental alterations that occur over a period of time in patterns of culture, structure and social behaviour. Most of these changes take place in small increments over a …

Passion of the Christ is a movie that depicts the last twelve hours of the public life of Jesus of Nazareth.  The motion picture is centered on his agony, arrest, trial, suffering and death.  Due to its explicit content, it garnered different reactions from different people and became a recipient …

What is “Love”? In today’s world “love” is a commonly used term, referring to what think is just a relationship based on affection for another person or liking something a lot; but what does “love” actually mean. Love has so many levels of complexity than people believe it to have. …

Standardized testing, every student should be familiar with it, but is it nonsense? Does it actually help schools and their students advance in academic competence, or does it hinder their ability by adding more anxiety and stress to students? Jacequeline Howard, a twenty year old student helps us disclose on …

As Horace Mann says, “A human being is not in any proper sense a human being till he is educated.” But a little learning becomes a dangerous thing when it is applied to real life as a substitute for perfect learning. Take the medical line. If a doctor has not …

“Ruling passions”, passions that an individual has when they are given the opportunity to hold an extraordinary amount of power, will lead to the demise of the individual if the power is abused. Macbeth a play written by Shakesphere is clearly a tragedy.There are many factors which contribute to the …