What is a likely reason yeats classifies “passionate intensity” as worse than a “lack of conviction”? a “passionate intensity” for 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.

In this famous poem, titled "The Second Coming", Yeats criticizes religious passion, in the last verse he declares to now know "That twenty centuries of stony sleep/Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle", 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.

the central idea of the above passage is following;

central idea: cultural study is very important specially archaeology. grimm's stories very well cater to the importance of cultural relevance.

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