Destiny

fate was a basic part of life. Every aspect of an ancient Greeks life was dependent on fate. Fate and free will meant so much to the characters in Oedipus The King. The fate in the play is Oedipus getting saved after being left to die to escape his destiny, Oedipus meeting and killing his father, unknowingly, and him marrying his own mother. “With my father’s blood upon me! Never to have been the man they call his mother’s husband! Oh accurst! Oh child of evil, to have entered that wretched…

everything can change by our striving, and other people said that nothing is important, however, in my point of view, I cannot deny we have chance to change our destiny and fate by our striving but we cannot change others. Although Forest Gump and Gatsby get rich for different reason and by different ways, both of them change their destiny by their striving. The different is that Gatsby have a specific great traget and he do everything for his target, while Forest Gump just do what he want and…

Hamlet's Humanity Humanity is described to be the human race in their accordance or the societal factors made to determine one's humanness. Humanity in itself is subjective, its standards changing from one mind to another's. In all, humanity is the general reality that is established by the plentiful minds of different clusters of individuals and the individuals thereof. Hamlet, the vigilant and realistic protagonist, explains the flawed humanity that surrounds him. He sees the flawed perfection…

its fulfillment, the child is consumed by ants and the entire Buendía family and Macondo itself cease to exist. A fate that takes so long to come to fruition emphasizes Márquez’s interpretation that although humans may feel in control of their own destinies, they are truly guided by an invisible predetermined…

“ Believe that fate is the optimal combination of choice and chance” (Cindy Hilsheimer) This means that fate happens because of your choice and the chance you have. Not only do your choices affect you they also affect others. In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare the king of the fairies makes a decision to put his wife under a spell. In the process, he accidentally puts the spell on 2 other people who are in love and that leads to a break up, because of his choice he altered other…

Aristotle once said, “a tragedy is the moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity”. In life, every individual is flawed; however one must be able to identify the difference between flaw, and tragic flaw. William Shakespeare is famously known for the concept of the tragic hero, and The Tragedy of Hamlet is no exception. A tragic hero can be defined as a noble character whose fatal flaw leads to their own destruction. In this tragedy of the Elizabethan era, one will come to…

Fate is considered as an important aspect to many people. It is the belief that things in life happen for a reason, and will serve a purpose in creating a person's destiny. Throughout the book Bless Me, Ultima, written by Rudolfo Anaya, readers can see several examples of this idea. The first example involving fate is the connection between what Tenorio says he'll do and what actually does happen. During the story, a funeral is being held for the death of one of Tenorio's daughters. The priest…

By definition, the word fate means the development of events beyond a person’s control. Fate is something we have absolutely no control over. Some people would like to think they have full control over their lives. In reality it is fate, it’s definitely something many people should believe in. Fate occurs to us when we least expect it. The 3 rioters did not think they were going to find the old man, and have him tell them were death was. (Pardoners Tale pg. 172) It works in the most mysterious…

Fate is the development of events beyond the person's control. To some fate is believed to be predetermined, but too others fate is believed to be determined by yourself, that you have control over your fate. Throughout the years poets, authors as well as scientists connote their opinions on whether fate is predetermined or in control, that whether we have free will or not. Two opposing titles, “Design” a modern piece of poetry, a petrarchan sonnet and the other “Outliers” a modern day…

Mortalities Sleep Birth is one of life 's greatest moments. Seeing a child 's birth is for many one of the greatest moments in life, but paradoxically that is the exact time we are committed to a life sentence. Death is a reality of life, an inevitable but bitter truth. Spring, the buds sprout out of their branches to start a new beginning, they bloom and grow, and sing their way until autumn arrives, and the poor leaves have no option but to fall down and be crunched by oblivious humans and…