One of the themes found in Hamlet is the theme of acceptance. Hamlet accepted his destiny to take revenge for his father’s murder. He conceives that, “there’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all. Since no man of aught he leaves knows, what is’t to leave betimes? Let be” (5.2.205-210). Hamlet believes that nothing happens out of God’s will and everything a man suffers from and does is written in his fate. Hamlet’s fate is to avenge …show more content…
Gene feels guilty being the cause of Finny’s accident. He wants to confess to Finny as he can not bear the feeling of guilt. He tries to confess the first time but is interrupted. Hence, he continues to think about the accident and feel guilty. Therefore, he decides confesses to Finny the second time about, “…thinking about it…about you [Finny] because-I [he] was thinking about you and the accident because I [he] caused it” (Knowles 69). Finny does not believe him; thus, Gene decides to carry this guilt with him; without letting anyone know that he is responsible for Finny’s leg to