The Destiny Within
A woman with the name of Donna Mikkin, won the New York State Lottery in 2007, but claimed it had ruined her life. After her big win she did not watch what she spent her money on as much and that soon led her to an emotional bankruptcy. This happens all the time when people start living that dream life and do not believe it could get worse. Although some people assume they are now living a perfect life and do not have to work for anything, they get him or herself in troubling situations. This happened with a perfect destiny in a classic novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, and a popular song and poem, “Viva La Vida”. Dumas portrayed the character of Dantes to be minding his p’s and q’s and reaching his destiny with a perfect …show more content…
In “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay also shows the same message by showing the King had so much power and losing it all to being just a regular person out on the streets. In “Viva La Vida” and The Count of Monte Cristo, the writer's use of personification and metaphors conveys the idea that your destiny is controlled by the way one acts not by the will of God. Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Cristo, and Coldplay, singer/author of “Viva La Vida”, both show the good and bad sides of destiny by using personification. The count was suffering after he had a great life living up to his destiny of being a captain of the Pharaon and finding his love, Mercedes, as Dumas shows here, “Something frightful was taking pace in the old man’s soul: a cry of pain and rage must have risen in his throat and, unable to burst forth, choked him, for his face had turned almost purple” (Dumas 245). Dumas gives the counts pain a human trait, crying, and his throat the human trait, rage. By giving these items a human trait …show more content…
Dumas uses a grain of sand to show the counts title as being miniscule since that was the only thing he could achieve again after destroying his destiny. The count now has this small, little title since he lost his big great title of being captain of the Pharaon. Just like a lot of people who act different after they reach their destiny. Dante's was radiant with his great title that he worked so hard for, but once he received it he was excited and did not work as hard anymore. He showed his emotion towards getting this title and others got jealous. Coldplay compares the loss of the King's power to a sad item, “Just a puppet on a lonely string” (Coldplay 31). Coldplay compares the King, who once had lots of power, to puppet on a lonely string because a puppet on a string that is not getting used looks as if the puppet has fallen to the ground or having a rough time. This King use to be way on top but after not working and believing in God, he has fallen to the ground like that
A woman with the name of Donna Mikkin, won the New York State Lottery in 2007, but claimed it had ruined her life. After her big win she did not watch what she spent her money on as much and that soon led her to an emotional bankruptcy. This happens all the time when people start living that dream life and do not believe it could get worse. Although some people assume they are now living a perfect life and do not have to work for anything, they get him or herself in troubling situations. This happened with a perfect destiny in a classic novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, and a popular song and poem, “Viva La Vida”. Dumas portrayed the character of Dantes to be minding his p’s and q’s and reaching his destiny with a perfect …show more content…
In “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay also shows the same message by showing the King had so much power and losing it all to being just a regular person out on the streets. In “Viva La Vida” and The Count of Monte Cristo, the writer's use of personification and metaphors conveys the idea that your destiny is controlled by the way one acts not by the will of God. Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Cristo, and Coldplay, singer/author of “Viva La Vida”, both show the good and bad sides of destiny by using personification. The count was suffering after he had a great life living up to his destiny of being a captain of the Pharaon and finding his love, Mercedes, as Dumas shows here, “Something frightful was taking pace in the old man’s soul: a cry of pain and rage must have risen in his throat and, unable to burst forth, choked him, for his face had turned almost purple” (Dumas 245). Dumas gives the counts pain a human trait, crying, and his throat the human trait, rage. By giving these items a human trait …show more content…
Dumas uses a grain of sand to show the counts title as being miniscule since that was the only thing he could achieve again after destroying his destiny. The count now has this small, little title since he lost his big great title of being captain of the Pharaon. Just like a lot of people who act different after they reach their destiny. Dante's was radiant with his great title that he worked so hard for, but once he received it he was excited and did not work as hard anymore. He showed his emotion towards getting this title and others got jealous. Coldplay compares the loss of the King's power to a sad item, “Just a puppet on a lonely string” (Coldplay 31). Coldplay compares the King, who once had lots of power, to puppet on a lonely string because a puppet on a string that is not getting used looks as if the puppet has fallen to the ground or having a rough time. This King use to be way on top but after not working and believing in God, he has fallen to the ground like that