lyricist‚ Paulo Coelho claimed‚ “I can control my destiny‚ but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left‚ but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny‚ but our fate is sealed”. In today’s society‚ many people are conflicted on whether events in one’s lives are driven by one’s choices or are simply meant to be. Coelho believes that both free will and fate play a role in one’s life‚ he says that one has the power to make
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Fate is an ever present theme in many tales and plays throughout history‚ and in some scenarios‚ fate plays a much bigger role than it does in others. While fate does play a part in The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ there is another factor that plays a bigger role: choice. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth makes many interesting decisions that ultimately lead to his downfall. While there are a lot of outside influences on his decisions‚ in the end the decisions and moments of intuition that
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Juliet being clear from the beginning‚ their choices in the play cause fate to build momentum and accelerate their lives to their inevitable end. Shakespeare’s original presentation of fate is of an inescapable event‚ but how the characters get there is less certain and more chance. Whereas Luhrmann’s fate is cruller and more controlling‚ but both interpretations of fate have the result of uniting the feuding families. Fate commands the lives of the characters from birth‚ with their deaths predetermined
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Fate leading to downfall of the tragic hero Macbeth Fate is the predetermination of the events occurring inevitably in future. Macbeth by Shakespeare written in 1606 is a tragic play where fate leads to the downfall of the tragic hero- Macbeth. A series of unusual events occur inevitably in Macbeth’s life due to his fate which leads to his downfall‚ thus making the play a tragedy of fate. In Macbeth the greetings of the witches‚ Lady Macbeth as his wife influencing him to murder King Duncan and
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Oedipus Rex –A Victim of Fate or his Own Will ? The play Oedipus by Sophocles is a play whose focus is the interplay between fate and free will. The story basically goes like this: Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother as he learned from the Oracle at Delphi. So‚ Oedipus does everything to escape-he runs from his own land and starts his life over. However‚ Oedipus is a character that clearly demonstrates that no matter how much free will men assert‚ fate has already written the
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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOWNFALL OF OEDIPUS‚ IS IT FATE OR FREE WILL? In Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ Oedipus is responsible for the tragedy of his downfall. Oedipus is presented with a series of choices throughout the play‚ and his arrogant and stubborn nature push him to impulsively make the wrong decisions‚ the decisions that ultimately lead him to his downfall. While Oedipus and those around him consider "fate" the source of Oedipus’ problems‚ Oedipus’ decisions show the
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destruction? There is ample evidence of both fate and free will in the play‚ and the presence of both greatly affects the interpretation of the plot and the characters. Fate as a dominating force is evident from the very beginning of the play. The Chorus introduces the power of fortune in the opening prologue when we are told that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed” (destined for bad luck) and “death-marked‚” and that their death will end their parents’ feud. Fate and fortune are closely related in the
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How Fate and Free Will Play a Part in The Odyssey Fate and free will are epic subjects in life. When we cannot control something we blame it on fate‚ but we try to change the way things are with our free will. Fate is something unknown that determines what will happen. It may seem like a coincidence or may feel like an omen‚ but it is something no person controls for oneself. Fate‚ to some‚ may be in the hands of a higher power such as gods or God. For others fate is merely something that happened
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Power of Fate vs. Free Will in Medea and Macbeth Throughout both Medea and Macbeth‚ there is a clear and heavy presence of the gods. This begs the question‚ are the characters in charge of their own destiny‚ or are their fates already written? Fate is described as “that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny.” It can be said that it is the gods who are in charge of creating the character’s fates. In both Medea and Macbeth‚ there is a common theme of placing too much trust into fate‚ rather than
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victim of the God’s fate‚ a life that which was written by them‚ or so the characters in the the play describe. At the end of the play‚ Oedipus does an action to himself by his own hands. When Nora leaves Torvald and her children she is making her own choice; a choice she decided on her own. She is tired of the conditions of which she lives under and makes her own decision. Oedipus is controlled by higher forces in which he has no control
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