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Robert P. Utter's story entitled "A Fate Forestalled" does not excite one's interest at first. In the climax, however, the success of the whole piece is at once crystalized, and the reader is left with the impression that the story is distinctly worth while...
...Fate Forestalled," a story, by R. P. Utter...
...stock actor I looked upon every star as a tyrant, and when I became a star I looked upon every stock actor as a conspirator. Shakespeare invented the starring system. Hamlet, Shylock, Macbeth, Coriolanus are all stars. These plays also were written to illustrate human passions; Othello, jealousy; Macbeth, fate; Coriolanus, the autocrat; Merchant of Venice, revenge...
...real hero of the play, it is Jehovah, the God of the Jews in Athalie. As we have seen in Phedre woman was Racine's chosen study, and here again in Athalie we find a wonderful picture of the imperious, strong-minded woman conquered by the iron hand of fate...
...inevitable workings of fate were never better illustrated; Phedre's fate is settled from the beginning of the play it is little short of madness for her to hope to successfully combat the will of the Gods...