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One Hundred Years of Solitude-
Title: One Hundred Years of Solitude-
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1645 | Pages: 7.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
One Hundred Years of Solitude-
One Hundred Years of Solitude-
Since the beginning of time, man has clung to the notion that
there exists some external force that determines his destiny. In
Grecian times, the epic poet Hesoid wrote of a triumvirate of
mythological Fates that supposedly gave "to men at birth evil and
good to have". In other words, these three granted man his destiny.
Clotho "spun the thread of life", Lacheis distributed the lots, and
Atropos with his "…showed first 75 words of 1645 total…
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theme. The Fates were an attempt by men to explain the unexplainable,
the coincidences in the odd. In One Hundred Years of Solitude and
Thousand Cranes there are many events that can't be explained
rationally, specifically why the male characters continue to repeat
actions that promise condemnation. Thus, the character's efforts to
shape his destiny ultimately becomes futile in the face of the desires
of some unknown manipulator- characterized by the theme of Fate.
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