Essay on My Fate was Sealed

Predestined Fate of Oedipus      In ancient Greek society they believed that ones life is predestined and that ones fate is sealed. What is meant to occur will happen no matter what that person does. In "Oedipus Rex" Oedipus' fate is doomed from his birth because of the actions of his ancestors. Unlike Oedipus most people today don't believe in predestined fate. People can be all they want to be regardless of their background or the circumstances of their lives

humans are merely tools subject to the whims of the gods. In Homer’s Iliad, gods had already sealed the fates of everyone, and humans accepted their given fate. When Thetis was asking for help of Zeus, she said, “do honour to my son, whose life is to be cut short so early. . . . and grant victory to the Trojans, till the Achaeans give my son his due and load him with riches in requital.” Also, when Hector was fighting with Achilles one-on-one, he realized that Athena inveigled him into fighting against

and he sealed his own fate through his decisions. Brutus’s flaw is that he was not a very good judge of character, and he underestimates Marc Antony and allows him to speak to the crowd after Caesar’s death. Brutus gives Antony

responsible for their actions or is it fate? Is fate inescapable? A person's fate is the events that are destined to happen to them. Fate is decided the moment someone is born. People cannot change their fate and it is unavoidable. Throughout the Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, the hero, Oedipus often tries to run away from what he is destined to do only because of his ignorance to his situation. Throughout the entire play, the conflict of Man versus Fate is often seen as everyone tries to avoid

writings of the Greeks, fate has constantly performed an essential duty. Truth be told, in nearly all Greek writing fate has remained the one consistent crisis that each of the central characters are compelled to challenge. In Homer 's Iliad, fate constantly appears to be hiding around the bend, sitting tight for its next prey to meet his or her predetermined course, which is at last demise. Indeed, still the divine beings are unfit to halt or mediate over the span of fate. However, in spite of the

to illustrate the theme of fate. Foreshadowing is used early in the novel. One of the first examples of

characteristics of pride and determination can be attributed to the downfall of Oedipus. Oedipus’ personality reflects pride and determination throughout the play. When Oedipus heard the oracles’ prediction, that he was to kill his father and marry his mother, he was determined to prevent the prophecy. Therefore he left his homeland of Corinth with plans to never return. Then when he solved the Sphinx’s riddle at the gate of Thebes, Oedipus’ pride rose to a new level. The people of Thebes

and friends. Citizens stain their hands because of the feud that the fate cause. However, it did not stop the young star-crossed lovers from getting married and loving each other. Love and secret marriage force the young lovers to mature quickly and fate causes them to commit suicide that ended the feud. The fate is responsible for all the tragedies that happen to their relatives and friends. Because of the plague, Friar John was held back from fleeing

Juliet Is a world renowned story. Its pages tell of how two star crossed lovers met, and sealed eachothers fate as they fell in love. These lovers hopes were to be together for eternity and end their families strife. There is controversy on whether or not these two lovers found true love, found each other by accident, or if it was fate for them to meet. On this topic, there is much evidence that it was fate that brought them together. This includes the sentence in the prologue, the fact that they

king the theme of fate is a crucial element that carries through the entire tragic play. It decides everything that leads up to the crucial events just like in real life, we each have a fate that we must meet.. No matter what, you can not escape your fate and pre determined destiny. His life was pre determined from birth and was given tragic life by the Gods. He was chosen for a specific reason to have this fate and learning how to cope and handle this throughout the play. Fate is a crucial element