Gulliver’s Travels and Phaedra †Passion or Reason :: Gullivers Travels Essays

  Gullivers Travels and Phaedra rage or Reason   Do you base your decisions on ire or tenableness? The behavior ace bases his or her decisions affects the quality and happiness of his or her life. Neither impatience nor power should be the sole basis for one and only(a)s philosophy or lifestyle, because passion without causal agency is uncontrollable, and reason without passion takes the spark out of life. Works such as Phaedra and Gullivers Travels show that either extreme will likely result in chaos and unhappiness, teaching one to pull from both sides.   In Racines Phaedra, the characters showcase problems that are caused by their passions, in a society based on reason and the roles they play in it. Phaedra finds that she loves Hippolytus, who is her stepson, and she feels guilty about it, because it goes against the grain of society. She is half- crazed with the passion she feels, and convinces herself, for a time, that she should die without telling anyone, so that her shame is not made worse by being known to others. Phaedra says, my frenzied loves bristle forth in act and word. Ive spoken what should never have been comprehend (Phaedra 181). This shows how much she regrets her decision to verbalize her feelings, because she knows she spoke out of passion instead of reason. Her indignity is so strong in her heart that she cannot even allow herself take the responsibility for it. Phaedra claims that, the Gods have robbed her wits(Phaedra 168) as a counseling of passing the blame on to someone else in an effort to take back some of the dishonor from herself and onto the Gods. Eventually, she gives into the passion she is feeling, and tells Hippolytus how she feels. Her passion horrifies Hippolytus, because of the wrongness of the situation. Phaedra is so leap out to a world of reason that once she decides to explore her feelings she claims her confinearies all together, forgetting how grievous th e affects on other people are going to be. Meanwhile Hippolytus finds energy of will, driven by passion, to pursue the woman he loves, who was banned by his father Theseus. Hippolytus says, my reason cant rein in my heart (Phaedra 176) when he is opinion about the crime he is committing against his father because of his love for Aricia.Gullivers Travels and Phaedra Passion or Reason Gullivers Travels Essays   Gullivers Travels and Phaedra Passion or Reason   Do you base your decisions on passion or reason? The way one bases his or her decisions affects the quality and happiness of his or her life. Neither passion nor reason should be the sole basis for ones philosophy or lifestyle, because passion without reason is uncontrollable, and reason without passion takes the spark out of life. Works such as Phaedra and Gullivers Travels show that either extreme will likely result in chaos and unhappiness, teaching one to pull from both sides.   In Racines Pha edra, the characters see problems that are caused by their passions, in a society based on reason and the roles they play in it. Phaedra finds that she loves Hippolytus, who is her stepson, and she feels guilty about it, because it goes against the grain of society. She is crazed with the passion she feels, and convinces herself, for a time, that she should die without telling anyone, so that her shame is not made worse by being known to others. Phaedra says, my frenzied loves fracture forth in act and word. Ive spoken what should never have been hear (Phaedra 181). This shows how much she regrets her decision to verbalize her feelings, because she knows she spoke out of passion instead of reason. Her indignity is so strong in her heart that she cannot even let herself take the responsibility for it. Phaedra claims that, the Gods have robbed her wits(Phaedra 168) as a way of passing the blame on to someone else in an effort to remove some of the dishonor from hersel f and onto the Gods. Eventually, she gives into the passion she is feeling, and tells Hippolytus how she feels. Her passion horrifies Hippolytus, because of the wrongness of the situation. Phaedra is so bound to a world of reason that once she decides to explore her feelings she removes her boundaries all together, forgetting how stern the affects on other people are going to be. Meanwhile Hippolytus finds cleverness of will, driven by passion, to pursue the woman he loves, who was banned by his father Theseus. Hippolytus says, my reason cant rein in my heart (Phaedra 176) when he is mentation about the crime he is committing against his father because of his love for Aricia.