Time brings inevitable events that are too powerful to be altered or controlled by human strength. For example, in the play Macbeth, the character Macbeth realized that he was powerless against …show more content…
An analogy to time’s supremacy in such case is similar to the fact that preparation for a hurricane, an unstoppable force of nature, can take place, but the storm will still occur and lay destruction, regardless of human effort. Similarly, in the play Macbeth, the character Macbeth states that “Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo. Down!...Why do you show me this?...What, will the line[of Banquo’s descent] stretch out to th’ crack of doom?...Horrible sight! Now I see ‘tis true; For the blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me,” which signifies that even Macbeth’s successful effort on murdering Banquo does not stop time from bringing his bloodline to an end. Similarly, some would argue that time can be manipulated or altered by our action; however, the endgame result is still the same: time is still the victor. Such idea is portrayed in Sonnet 32 by Wroth as the speaker states “Lade thyself with honey of sweet joy, And do not me the Hive of love destroy.,” for the purpose to control the impact of time’s destruction. Nonetheless, this is a mere effort to handle past and future events positively, but time is still the victor, and the end is still unchanged. In a logical sense, such argument is simply committing constructive action to reinforce the quality of life rather than altering time. For example, in the article What’s Your Time Perspective by Collingwood, she stated that “your own constructive actions and you will gain a sense of empowerment and control,” which suggest the reader to perceive the future differently in both preparation and attitude. There is only the sense of control rather than the actual power to battle time. Regardless of the effort to prevent certain events or to change our outlook, the power to control time is still