In the novel Frankenstein destiny is the catalyst in many of the character’s actions and resolutions, and author Mary Shelley explores the varying effects that fate and destiny have on each of her characters, including Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and the creature. Extending across the spectrum of human activity, one can even find fate’s influence in literature and cinema. The uses of destiny seem so versatile, but what, then, is its true purpose? Destiny and fate have had and will always have a strange power over the minds of humans, playing with their desire for change and action. Whether it be lack of responsibility, laziness, or fatigue, something induces humans to blame the negative events of life on destiny, saying “it was not destined to be.” Yet on the other hand, people are able to use fate as motivation for accomplishing challenging feats, as if saying “it is destined to be” will make one’s success rate any higher. Ironically, it also prevents people from acting at all. While the power of destiny is not tangible, strangely enough, it causes people around the world to act in ways they would not. Destiny, known as “a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency,” is quite omnipotent (Merriam-Webster).
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