Category: Fate

There was once a merchant in the famous market at Baghdad. One day he saw a stranger looking at him in surprise, and he knew that the stranger was Death. Pale and trembling, the merchant fled the marketplace and made his way many-many miles to the city of Samarra. For there he was sure that…

Are human beings in control of their fate? The story of Oedipus shows that it is not. Oedipus did try to escape his fate a lot of times, but couldnt because no matter how much you try to run from your fate, you just cannot escape it anyway, what is meant to be, will always…

Cassandra demonstrates the tragedies that may happen to a woman who is in marriage during Greek times, as she has done it numerous times during her life and was punished for them. A profit gifted with the power to see in the future, but cursed with no one believing her, she has been punished by…

From the very beginning, lovers are referred to as the ‘star cross’, referring to an astrological belief associated with time. The stars were thought to control the fate of humanity, and as time passed, the stars would move along their course in the sky and also chart the course of human life below. Romeo talks…

Many people in the world are forced into unpleasant situations due to circumstances outside of their control. As Halsey said: There are great& challenges that ordinary people are forced by circumstance to meet. Circumstance is where factors out of ones control affect the way someones life begins to shape. Both chance and circumstance are uncontrollable…

The Role of Fate in Romeo and JulietThroughout the play of the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the relationship between Romeo and Juliet has been thwarted by something that could be described as an outside force. The idea of fate is strong in the play due Capulets and Montagues ancient grudge against each other. Throughout…

My chosen texts are Bernardine Evaristos ‘The Emperors Babe’ and Aphra Behns ‘Oroonoko (The Royal Slave)’. Ultimately, the characters have no control at all, as they are figments of their authors imaginations. However, upon closely examining the texts, the two characters which I will focus on have little to no agency and gradually lose all…

The narrator has clearly seen many events and the story of each event is told throughout the novel. The story starts off bearing true faith that it is true, because she has either seen the events unfold or have been told firsthand by the involved characters. The way in which this novel is written gives…

The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald is a complex novel pertaining the main characters complicated journey home from Troy to his throne in Ithika. The Greek gods play a big part in his long 10-year journey back home. Are they to blame for the difficult times Odysseus had to endure? It is…

What are the Odds? What happens when coincidences occur that seem too incredible to be true? Coincidences are defined as, a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. These coincidences are considered to be random and meaningless events that happen in our lives; they dont matter in the grand scheme of things.…