Fate is the predetermined course of someone's life that cannot be controlled. The fate of one's life limits his or her ability from doing certain things. For example, if a girl is bound to marry a certain person, she is limited in her ability to have a relationship with another man. Fate limits freedom in most cases. In some classical literature from the canon, one can see that fate has specific limits. The first limit is determinism where all events are controlled by some supernatural power that humans cannot control. Everything that has happened and will happen and is necessary. Secondly, a large part of character behavior in the books read were strongly influenced by past and present events, and future expectations. When characters realize
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Pride and prejudice by Jane Austin is an exemplary text that will suffice. The environment at the time for women was harsh because women had little chance to make money on their own. Women who weren’t of high class had to to working long hours. According to Fay Weldon “ What a Terrible Time to be alive,” the authors states “You would be working eighteen hours a day or so, six-and-half days a week, with one day of a month, and thinking yourself lucky…”( Weldon 26). Women had to work really long hours to make a living. These women were also poor women. For people of a higher class, like Elizabeth and Charlotte, it would be very demeaning for them to work so long hours. The only way for girls of that class tomake money was if they married into it. Wollstonecraft also states that “...Women inherited only through their husbands, and thus can only gain access to property…” (Weldon 27). This was the only way for Elizabeth to survive because she couldn’t work for money. This why her parents, especially her mother pressured her so much. She wanted to get all of her daughter to get married but she also wanted Elizabeth to keep her wealth. She was fated to get married in way. Girls couldn’t inherit property so the property went to Mr.Wickham. If Elizabeth hadn’t have rejected Mr. Wickham's proposal, she would’ve regained the property. However, she neither loved
Pride and prejudice by Jane Austin is an exemplary text that will suffice. The environment at the time for women was harsh because women had little chance to make money on their own. Women who weren’t of high class had to to working long hours. According to Fay Weldon “ What a Terrible Time to be alive,” the authors states “You would be working eighteen hours a day or so, six-and-half days a week, with one day of a month, and thinking yourself lucky…”( Weldon 26). Women had to work really long hours to make a living. These women were also poor women. For people of a higher class, like Elizabeth and Charlotte, it would be very demeaning for them to work so long hours. The only way for girls of that class tomake money was if they married into it. Wollstonecraft also states that “...Women inherited only through their husbands, and thus can only gain access to property…” (Weldon 27). This was the only way for Elizabeth to survive because she couldn’t work for money. This why her parents, especially her mother pressured her so much. She wanted to get all of her daughter to get married but she also wanted Elizabeth to keep her wealth. She was fated to get married in way. Girls couldn’t inherit property so the property went to Mr.Wickham. If Elizabeth hadn’t have rejected Mr. Wickham's proposal, she would’ve regained the property. However, she neither loved