Many outside forces can change a person’s life. These external influences can come in many forms as shown in the play : Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare which is about how the feud of the two rival noble families leads to the death of their children, the short stories Anointed with Oils by Alden Nowlan and The Landlady by Roald Dahl and finally it is shown in the novel To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee Firstly, The play Romeo and Juliet shares important insight on how a person’s life is determined by external influences in its text. To start, a person's life can be influenced by family, this is shown when Lord Capulet,after having griefed over the loss of Tybalt and having been convinced by Paris makes Juliet marry Paris against
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Starting off, one's environment can change a person’s life. This is shown in the short story anointed with oil were Edith the protagonist changes herself from being from ‘the sticks’ to fit the city lifestyle like buying perfume,better clothes and changing her accent. This is an instance that proves that the environment can change a person’s life because Edith changes almost everything about her to suit the ‘city life’ that she always imagined living in the slums, living in her new environment made her adapt and learn more about the environment she lives in while trying to ignore her past and family thinking how embarrassing it is now after living in the city. In addition,another point is that the short story the Landlady by Roald Dahl describes how a person’s life can be determined by the external influences known as fate. This is shown specifically when Billy was about to walk away to look at The Bell and Dragon until he noticed a sign were “all at once his eye was caught and held in the most peculiar manner by a small notice...Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him,compelling him,forcing him to stay where he was.”(Dahl 106-107). This piece of evidence helps demonstrates that people’s lives are influenced by fate because instead of actually leaving to check out the other place he could have stayed at which he knew that he would be more comfortable and had experienced living in before, he felt that he was compelled to look at this random B&B first with the result of Billy dying in the end. FInally, The Landlady teaches the readers that a person’s life can be determined by betrayal. This is shown during the climax of the landlady were Billy found out that the tea he was drinking was poisoned and that the landlady was actually a serial killer and Billy was his next target.
Starting off, one's environment can change a person’s life. This is shown in the short story anointed with oil were Edith the protagonist changes herself from being from ‘the sticks’ to fit the city lifestyle like buying perfume,better clothes and changing her accent. This is an instance that proves that the environment can change a person’s life because Edith changes almost everything about her to suit the ‘city life’ that she always imagined living in the slums, living in her new environment made her adapt and learn more about the environment she lives in while trying to ignore her past and family thinking how embarrassing it is now after living in the city. In addition,another point is that the short story the Landlady by Roald Dahl describes how a person’s life can be determined by the external influences known as fate. This is shown specifically when Billy was about to walk away to look at The Bell and Dragon until he noticed a sign were “all at once his eye was caught and held in the most peculiar manner by a small notice...Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him,compelling him,forcing him to stay where he was.”(Dahl 106-107). This piece of evidence helps demonstrates that people’s lives are influenced by fate because instead of actually leaving to check out the other place he could have stayed at which he knew that he would be more comfortable and had experienced living in before, he felt that he was compelled to look at this random B&B first with the result of Billy dying in the end. FInally, The Landlady teaches the readers that a person’s life can be determined by betrayal. This is shown during the climax of the landlady were Billy found out that the tea he was drinking was poisoned and that the landlady was actually a serial killer and Billy was his next target.