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Cronus And Fate

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Cronus had finally come to be the King of the Titans after overthrowing his father, Uranus. This godly power came at a price, however, as he was told of his fate to be overthrown by one of his own children. In order to combat this fate, Cronus swallowed all of his children soon after their birth. Despite this attempt at stopping his downfall, retribution was brought to him by his youngest offspring that he was duped into not swallowing, Zeus. It could be said that by trying to change the tides of fate in his favor, Cronus was the one who orchestrated this very fate into being. Born of Uranus (Heave) and Gaea (Earth), Cronus was the youngest of the twelve Titans. His mother, Gaea, grew tired of having to birth so many children by Uranus’ love, …show more content…

He overthrew his own father by the help of his mother, and in turn, he was overthrown by his own children who were aided by their mother. His fate being told to him by the very parents he overthrew can also be seen as both ironic and absurd. Imagine, Cronus coming to power by the profane means of overthrowing his own parent, and then being foretold that the very same fate was in his own imminent future. He obviously absolutely did not want this to happen, and attempted combating this fate by eating his own children as soon as they were born into the world. These actions brought the animosity of his wife, as well as his child Zeus and all his other offspring. But it could be questioned, would this fate have played out if he had not consumed and shunned his children, the same way his own father Uranus had shunned …show more content…

Surely the bad blood between himself and his children would not have come to be if he had not attempted to suppress his children who held a power he so feared, and surely his wife would not have grown to resent him if he had not eaten the children they birthed together. It is absurd in both senses: the situation in having karmic retribution for the misdeeds he did against his father and the actions he attempted in stopping this destiny from happening but ultimately being the catalyst that incited the fate into actuality are exact examples of absurdity.
Absurd as a word is defined in the Merriam Webster Dictionary as “ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous” as well as “having no rational or orderly relationship to human life.” Absurdism is characterized by the tenets of “life’s absence of meaning removes any reason for living,” and “life’s lack of purpose affords us freedom.” The absurd is the notion that anything and everything in existence is incorrigible and ludicrous, leaving inhibitors of reality with the choices of coping with existence, revolting against existence, or escaping

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