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Item Conflict between Fatalism and Freewill in Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha(Department of English, 2017) Tiwari, SantoshThis present research deals with various cultural and religious aspects of the western and non-western philosophies in Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha. This research focuses upon the complexity and conflict between fatalism and freewill expressed through the different classical, modern and post-modern philosophers and their views. Besides excavation of the inner conflict of human beings can be accessed through the life style, doing attitudes, values and norms of different people in different period, that is manifested by the protagonist Siddhartha and other characters of the novel. To show how relative and controversy of non-Western philosophy by mainstream of Western philosophy about the conflict between fatalism and freewill is challenged in this research Theoretical insights of different critiques and philosophers of classical Greek philosophy, as well as references of Hindu Buddhist and Christian philosophy, texts like; Ved, Vedanta, Upanisad Bible, Shree Mada Bhagwad Gita Buddha Mimamsa. Moreover modern and post modern scholars like; Kurt Vonnegut, Magister Ludi, Minner Rober, Michal J Cummings, and non western scholars; Anita Desai Yogi Peramhamsa, Bhiksu Shanti, Swami Chinmayananda, Dor Bahadur Bista, Swami Shraddhananda are mobilized to justify the claim of the research.Item Fatalism in Edwards’s The Memory Keeper’s Daughter(Department of English, 2015) Tamang, Til BikramThe research entitled "Fatalism in Edwards’s The Memory Keeper’s Daughter”is an attempt to analyze the detrimental consequences of hidden lies and the power of secret. Fatalism is a theoretical tool used in this research which explores how the secrets become the means of self-destruction and shows how a person’s decision molds his/her very existence and the lives of people around them. In this research, the families have secrets which they hide even from themselves. In the story,Dr.Henry takes his son as a healthy boy whereas his daughter as with Down’s syndrome. In the shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will revel, Dr.Henry tellshis wife, Norah their daughter, Phoebe dies while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse, Caroline. The study unfolds irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devasting secret. This hidden secret shapes both of them in the novel.Item Fatalism in Nora Roberts' Heart of the Sea(Department of English, 2014) Joshi, Ishwor PrasadThis research looks into the novel, Heart of the Sea from the perspective of Richard Taylor's theory of fatalism. The major thrust of this research is to show how these characters believe in fate. The major character Darcy Gallagher belongs to the ordinary world filled with the challenges like traditional belief. Darcy Gallagher has always believed in fate, the magic of legend and the importance of money. Working all hours in the family pub, she can't help dreaming of finding a rich man who could sweep her off her feet and into a world filled with luxury and adventure. A wealthy businessman with Irish blood, Trevor Magee has come to Ardmore to build a theatre, and uncover the secrets hidden in his family's past. He thought he had given up on love long ago, but Darcy tempts him like no women ever has. Darcy, too, can't deny her own feelings for the handsome American, though neither of them believes they have a real chance of finding lasting love with each other. Darcy knows what she wants life, and she's not convinced that Trevor is the one. But the village of Ardmore has a way of weaving its magic over its visitors and inhabitants and the forces of destiny can only be resisted for so long. The perspective of fatalism propounded by Richard Taylor is used the main theoretical tool. With this tool, the researcher probes into the issue of fatalism in this text. There is hardly any chance to get success because all the participants in the text are believed to do or think for future. Darcy Gallagher totally believes in fate about her any activities. Therefore, she fails to move towards her desire to get the destination.Item George Orwell's Animal Farm: A Fatalistic Study(Department of English, 2009) Adhikari, Badri PrasadNot available