Essays on Destiny

William Shakespeare’s tragic play, “Romeo and Juliet”, was written in 1597. This tragedy is based on the passion of love, including images of fate and death. – Elizabethans strongly believed that fate controlled their lives and everything was planned out. Most people believed that the power of the stars could foretell the future. In the…

Do you believe in fate? Believing in fate does not contradict with any religious belief. It simply means people accept the fact that their power in making changes in their own lives is limited. On the other hand, some believe in themselves. There is an old Chinese saying: man can conquer nature. Some people think…

Question 1 Pico’s Oration on the Dignity of Man and Alberti’s Book of the Family both carries important statements on self-determination because both concluded that   man has the ability to carve out his own destiny. Pico points out that man is put in a position wherein he can choose to go lower or higher in…

The last lines of the poem such as “a dangerous idea that almost makes sense” is referring to the person who the song relates to thinking about committing suicide. This song goes along with one of the themes of The story of Romeo and Juliet in two different ways, one of the ways is because…

Manifest Destiny first came about in the United States in the mid-1800s, and was based off of an idea that Americans specifically had the right to expand with absolute no limit as far as country or area. Americans used Manifest Destiny as a defense for United States territorial expansion, and this right had supposedly been…

Fate is “the will or principle or determining cause by which things… are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do” (Merriam-Webster.com). Fate is a prevalent theme throughout the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo. Fate helped Santiago on the journey to self-discovery and the fulfillment of his…

Hamlet Essay: William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Hamlet: Prince of Denmark’ remains one of the most celebrated, influential texts in world history, holding continuing relevance and significance throughout history due to its detailed, multi-faceted elucidation and exploration of many core facets of human existence; such as revenge, loyalty, truth, mortality, and power. As he alludes to in…

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the most well- known tragic plays in existence. Oedipus, the King of Thebes, is the victim of a curse in which he must suffer the tragedy of his own unchangeable fate. The tragic heroism of Oedipus befalls him because of his heroic qualities and his loyalty to his Thebans…

In the movie, The Adjustment Bureau, which is based on the book by Philip K. Dick, two strangers are brought together by the universe’s will or what some might call fate. The film surprised me and ultimately won me over with its profound exploration of our existence, the concept of free will, and the influence…

When you open a box of assorted chocolates, there are various viewpoints regarding its contents. Some people can recognize the distasteful chocolates and avoid them. Others know that one chocolate will be unpleasant, but they still eat all of them anyway. However, a few individuals view the box as an opportunity for pleasant surprises with…