Victim of fate

give up. These individuals are known as creators and victims. A creator is someone who will face a challenge head on and is not willing to give up easily. Someone who is dealing with a situation where the odds are not in their favor, but will think of a solution to solve that problem. A victim is someone who decides that instead of taking action and trying to figure out a solution to the problem. They simply quit and blame their misfortune on fate or some lame excuse as to why they did not think rationally

"Hester looked at the man of skill, and even then, with her fate hanging on the balance, was startled to perceive what a change had come over his features, --how much uglier they were, --how his dark complexion seemed to have grown duskier, and his figure more misshapen..." (Pg.103).  Hester is not the only

era lasted for a total of one year and two months. During this time over 17,000 people were executed and about 300,000 were arrested. They were all victims of the guillotine. The guillotine was a new instrument of the egalitarian justice. It was a contraption that had a heavy blade that slid vertically in grooves. It was used for beheading its victims. The spark of this terror all started with the Jacobins gaining control over the French government and its leader Maximillian Robespierre. The Jacobins

No Country for Old Men is a novel that revolves heavily around the theme of nihilism and nostalgia. Main characters, Sheriff Bell and Anton Chigurh represent this immensely throughout the novel. Nihilism is a philosophy that emphasizes on the idea that all values are baseless and life is meaningless. Nostalgia is a sentimental yearning affection for the past. In the novel, Anton Chigurh represents nihilism and Sheriff Bell represents nostalgia. As conveyed in the title, there is no longer a place

The people onboard noticed the Iceberg too late to avoid it. In “The Convergence of the Twain” , Thomas Hardy expressed his belief that fate brought down the Titanic due to human pride though his descriptions of the ship and its people and his descriptions of nature and the iceberg. Hardy uses metaphors, personification, and irony to prove the ship’s fate was set as soon as humans believed her greater than nature. By comparing the ship to beautiful inanimate objects, the reader can see the destruction

Sophocles, the story revolves around the central theme of prophecy, and forces the reader to seriously consider the extent to which the protagonist’s doom is dependent upon his own free will or is predetermined by fate. In the story, Oedipus was not a victim of only his actions or only his fate, but his actions and fatal flaws did affect the path that he took to his demise, through his pride/ignorance/temper, his unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and his cowardice. In the beginning of the story, Oedipus

In life, every human experiences misfortune. In this aspect, all of mankind is in the same boat. But some humans possess the willpower to tolerate the hardships that fate flings at them. They understand that life is not meant to be free, so they endure their hardships and do not complain about their struggles. Meanwhile, others flounder about in life, stumbling into ditches dug from their own stubbornness and blindly mourning for themselves whenever a complication arises. The difference between these

protagonists in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Sophocles’ Oedipus The King share a commonality in terms of finding justice for their past king’s death; however, in terms of free-will they are opposites. Firstly, both protagonists differ greatly as a result of their fate. While Hamlet has a task that he can choose to obey or dismiss, Oedipus has a prophecy that forecasts certain actions that he will do. Secondly, Hamlet is able to act in ways that do not correspond to his destiny, yet Oedipus’ actions all correspond

such as Clifford, Hepzibah and Phoebe all act as silver lining to this preconceived negativity; this emphasizes that society must understand that individuals have the power to shape their own destiny rather than to simply accepting a predetermined fate.

audience. Sophocles’ most notable work, Oedipus the King, explores many influences such as fate, time and coincidence, along with the character’s hamartia and hubris to illustrate what a tragic hero is. In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus is the embodiment of a tragic hero, and as his pitiful fate is slowly uncovered, it is enough to evoke a sense of pity and fear in the audience. This is demonstrated through fate working against Oedipus, his flaws and hamartia, and the realization of his ignominious actions