What is a likely reason Yeats classifies “passionate intensity” as worse than a “lack of conviction”? A “passionate intensity” f
or certain ideals can be destructive. A “passionate intensity” is what causes the lack of conviction. Yeats is cynical and believes passion is a wasteful emotion of youth. Yeats is criticizing the loss of innocence.
Yeats classifies “passionate intensity” as worse than a “lack of conviction” because <em>A “passionate intensity” for certain ideals can be destructive.</em>
Yeats refers in this poem ,"The Second Coming" , to the consequences of WWI. Therefore, the ideals leading the war are destructive and do a lot of harm with passion. He says that good people - <em>The bes</em>t - are the ones who do not have any conviction. They are at a loss. They suffer the consequences of the " passionate" war ideals.
In this famous poem, titled "The Second Coming", Yeats criticizes religious passion, in the last verse he declares to now know <em>"That twenty centuries of stony sleep/Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle"</em>, in this passage he makes the same argument as in the question's passage, he criticizes the sleep of ignorance and how it became a nightmare due to passion. Therefore the first option is the right one.
It’s important for families to teach life skills to family members because it’ll help them later down the road since they’ll possess the skills needed to live a productive life.
