To Greek mythology, fate is an important figure to their belief. Hannah Felshuh points out, “However, in the Iliad and many other works of Greek literature, fate is such a natural and ubiquitous phenomenal that it is accepted as a reality of daily life.” Fate is naturally built into their daily lives and they accept that. An essay, Destiny, Fate and Free Will in Homer’s Odyssey, acknowledges, “However, in the world of Greek mythology fate does not just happen. The gods engineer fate and they interfere to make things happen that might not otherwise have happened.” The Gods are the ones to maneuver fate to interfere with things that were suppose to …show more content…
Clotho, the spinner, was the youngest of the three Fates; she spun the thread of destiny with a distaff, determining the time of birth of an individual; Lachesis measured the thread length to determine the length of life; finally, cruel Atropos cut the thread of life, determining this way the time of death.” Basically, Clotho determines the birthdate, Lachesis measures the length of their life and Atropos determines when it’s their time of death.
Fate in modern day society, was seen as unimportant. However, that changed when people began to perceive fate for what it truly is. Previously, fate was neglected. Nowadays, people are opening their eyes and seeing how important and real fate really is. Robert Solomon confirms, “Until recently, the concepts of fate and fatalism were both very widely accepted and taken seriously.” It wasn’t until recently that people started seeing fate for what it is and not pushing it