Faith in Kierkegaards Breaking the Waves Essay -- Kierkegaard Breakin

Faith in Kierkegaards Breaking the WavesIn Soren Kierkegaards Fear and Trembling, he discusses the Three Movements to Faith. For Kierkegaard, doctrine of any kind involves a paradox. This paradox, as well as Kierkegaards suggested path to faith, is illustrated by the main characters of Breaking the Waves, Bess and Jan.Kierkegaard explains there are steps one mess take towards faith however, they are so difficult he believes only one person, the Knight of Faith, has completed the movements. The first step is for one to make her/his longing the complete focus of her/his concentration. This finite desire must dominate ones consciousness, and must be the only wish she/he hopes for. Although the desire may seem im practical, it becomes possible when expressed spiritually. Kierkegaard calls the second movement the infinite resignation this involves the person acknowledging the impossibility of her/his wish. By resigning the finite desire, says Kierkegaard, the wish is bent inward. With this, the wish becomes religious, and thus not finite, except infinite. The third step involves...