Too Passionate: The Destructive Nature of Overpowering Emotion
Date
2-13-2024
Faculty Mentor
Teresa Reed, English
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Submission Type
Conference Proceeding
Location
2:00-2:10pm | Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor
Description
This paper seeks to analyze how an emotion that is often viewed as positive can be detrimental when it overpowers an individual’s morality. Through the analysis of the characters Madea and Procne, women who murder their children in order to gain revenge against their husbands, and the idea of Orientalism, which seeks to label Eastern people groups as inherently “less than” Western people, passion’s ability to lead to destruction is evident. Because the evidence of overpowering emotion leading to negative consequences spans across both fictional and real-life scenarios, over centuries of time, it is evident that this is an issue that needs to be recognized and addressed. While the positive aspects of deeply felt passion, or any emotion, are not ignored, the potential dangers of allowing emotion to overcome morality are addressed and investigated in this analysis.
Keywords
student research, English, literature
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Disciplines
Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Callie, "Too Passionate: The Destructive Nature of Overpowering Emotion" (2024). JSU Student Symposium 2024. 49.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustudentsymp_2024/49