Compare the theme of fate vs. Free will as it is portrayed in the Oedipus myth with how it is portrayed in "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W Jacobs. (Review the story "The Monkey's Paw" if needed.) Use specific examples from each story to demonstrate this theme. Then, discuss whether fate or free will plays a stronger role in your life and in the world today.

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.