Passion plays are based on the life and suffering of Jesus Christ, on the creation of the world, and stories from the bible. However, the earliest recorded passion play was written in 2000 BD and was not based on Jesus Christ or any biblical stories, instead, it was based on the Egyptian king Osiris. Osiris was murdered brutally and pieces of his body were scattered everywhere. His wife Isis gathered up the pieces of his body and formed a cult based on worshipping Osiris. Osiris is resurrected into a god. Thus showing that the principal object of passion plays then was the suffering and glory of a god. Before passion plays were formed in christianity, Easter plays represented dramas. People wanted to know more about Christ's life and most of all, his passion. Therefore, passion plays were created; first in Latin and then in German. Some passion plays start with the story of Adam and Eve, and end with the dispersion of the Apostles. .
Passion plays rose in the fifteenth century, and with that rose their cities and economy. The cities' people were now wealthy and could hold wonderful plays on public squares. The directors of the plays were members of the clergy, but people of all different classes took part in the production. The number of actors ranged from two hundred to three hundred. The stage that was used was wooden and was elevated from the ground where the audience stood around to watch. A house stood as a background and a balcony, (that was connected to the house) represented Heaven. The mouth of a monster represented Hell. The actors all entered in a procession and took their places. All the actors were on stage all through the production, and they would stand to present their lines. It was all fairly simple; with simple costumes and scenery. As the sixteenth century rolled along, the passion plays of the fifteenth century started to lose their serious and yet humorous acting.
This is how I thought of passion. ... Along with the quotations I also looked it up in Shakespeare's plays. I quickly found out that passion used passion quite often in his plays. Many of them focus on passion directly. ... It is an excellent example of passion. ...
"If we do manage to resist our passions, it is likely more due to the weakness of our passions than to our personal strength."" ... Are passion and emotion identical? Is passion then, emotion? Can one have reason if one has passion? ... What role does passion and reason play in life? ...
Many of the greatest players to ever play the game have been Canadian. ... Drivers should be on the lookout for the many young people playing hockey in the street. ... This theory stated that the United States was the actual first place where hockey was played. ... Hockey is our passion; a truly Canadian game woven into our national fabric. ... We love the game dearly and because our passion for the game is so strong our citizens have become some of the best players of all time. ...
One way in which readers and scholars of Hamlet have interpreted the significance of both reason and passion in the play is by shaping the interpretation with various philosophies throughout history. 17th century Romanticists may see Hamlet as a hero of passion: one who follows his instincts and feelings. ... However, the limitations of devotion to feelings are noted in the play, and the story ends on a tragic note because of the irrational events of the play. ... These irrational events are the most powerful and influential forces in the play. The theme of irrationality and passion extend no...
The Passion of The Christ It is a religious movie unlike any other. ... Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ", is a direct adaptation of the passion story as it appears in the bible. The passion story is the capture, enslavement; torture, crucifixion, death, and rise of Jesus. ... The role of Jesus is played by actor, Jim Caviezel. ... Unless the viewer knows exactly what occurred previous to the passion story, then some scenes will not make sense. ...
Passions and reason are the main, underlying theme for the play Phaedra. The play is about a kidnapped Athenian queen who has a strong passion for her stepson, Hyppolytus, the minute she laid her eyes on him; as she describes "when I, in Athens, met my haughty foe. ... Many of the actions that the characters carried out in the play were all due to irrational decision that is caused by passions. Passion overwhelms reason. ... Passion takes over rational desire. ...
Denys Arcand's 1989 Jesus of Montreal whispers its message in comparison to the metaphorical and theological shouting that goes on in Mel Gibson's 2004 The Passion of the Christ, and as a result is far more effective, While Gibson's movie is likely to convince his core audience of evangelical Protestants and conservative Catholics that the view of the world that they already hold is indeed the correct one, Arcand's movie is likely to get people to revisit their assumptions and even to change the way in which they think about the world, This is one of the distinctions (and ...
"What a victim I am of my own self-will at last I see how my passion is stronger than my reason: passion, which brings the worst of woes to mortal men" (Euripides 324-325). ... Imagine you"re playing chess and everything looks as if the odds are in your favor. ... Third, the chorus that Euripides closes his play with leaves us one last thing to ponder. ... He examined human nature and wrote it into a dramatic play, which we can still learn from thousands of years later. ... We can still get puffed up in pride, deceived by appearances, or overpowered by passion. ...
When I was eight years old, I started playing the piano. It was during my piano playing lessons as a young child that I discovered the power of passion. ... It was his drive to live and play music, his only sole comfort and passion, that influenced me to ask my mom to enroll me in piano and music theory lessons. ... When I played, it sounded like an unfamiliar tune of discordant sounds. ... It requires its own recipe: perseverance, passion, and endurance. ...