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Fate & Destiny Essay, Research Paper

Fate & Destiny

In the beginning a man and a woman were born. They

married each other and lived a life that was filled with

much happiness and joy. One day a terrible car accident

occurred that killed them both. In this world we live in we

face everyday choices. Maybe these people did not choose to

die, but they maybe chose to drive in the car that day. Was

what happened to them an accident or a bad twist of fate

that was their destiny? Were these two wonderful people

predestined to die at that moment or was it just an accident

or did they just make a bad choice to drive in a car that

day?

It is my belief that we are here for some purpose. Some

meaningful some not. Each of us has our own opinion whether

that is so. Fate is a part of this world. In mythology

fate/destiny is often looked upon for guidance, prophecies

made concerning fate often come true, and even the gods in

mythology respect their own destiny.

In mythology, when people were facing hard times they

visited temples of guidance on what they were destined to

do. Like in the story of Cupid and Psyche. Psyche’s parents

went to seek an oracle (in Apollo’s temple) for advice on

what to do with her. The oracle directed Psyche in the right

direction of her fate or gave a hint to what was destined to

happen anyway. Also, in the Odyssey where Odysseus visits

Hades to see an old blind dead soothsayer to find out what

he should do in order to get home. Last is the destiny of

Oedipus who seeks help to make his country a better place,

only to find out what his real destiny was.

A strange thing happened in all of these different

prophecies and destines of all these gods/humans. They all

came true. All of them. For instance, it was said that it

would take Odysseus ten years to return home. Low and

behold, he came back in ten years. Halitherses who warned

the suitor’s of their own destiny if they don’t change. Of

course they do not listen they do not change their ways and

end up meeting their ultimate demise. And we don’t want to

forget about the fate of Oedipus whose destiny was to kill

his father and marry his mother. Sad thing is that it came

true.

In the mythological tale of Oedipus the main character

tries to avoid his destiny. In the end however that did not

work. He was mentally destroyed from what he tried to avoid.

You see he tried to avoid what you cannot avoid and that

made for drastic consequences. Even the gods like the

almighty Zeus pays heed to his own fate. He knows when his

time will come and even he has to obey. If the most powerful

god on Mt. Olympus knows that you cannot fight what is

already decided for you, why shouldn’t you?

In closing, we are here on this planet. Is there a

purpose for it, or is this an accident? Why are we here?

We would all like to believe that there is a purpose for

being here, but we also want to believe that we all have the

freedom of choice. After all this is America, and we’ve

grown quite used to the idea. In mythology fate/destiny

means you have some purpose. Because we are here on this

small little planet among a vast solar system, among

countless galaxies, we must be here for a purpose. Do you

really think this is all an accident? I don’t.

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