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"Fatal" is how? What does the adverb mean?

"Fatal" is how? Often you have to hear this word in different contexts, so its meaning is not always clear. Today we will clarify the meaning of the adverb and some word combinations with it.

"Fatum" is destiny

Indeed, from the Latin "fate" - this is fate. Therefore, it can be easily established that fatal is:

  1. Destined by fate. Something mysterious, fatal way of life.
  2. What suggests a tragedy, perhaps, death.

But do not be scared, most often it's still not about death, but rather about predestination. For example, you can hear from the team sports commentators: "This goalkeeper mistake was fatal for the team." After all, the audience understands that the goalkeeper did not cause a deadly illness for all his teammates, and they did not die after the match. In this case, the mistake of the goalkeeper is fatal, because it predetermined the result of the match, it was fatal. "Fatal" is something that can not have a happy ending.

Fatalism and voluntarism

Surprisingly, what is connected with the fate, is not endowed with a positive meaning.

There are mutually exclusive systems - fatalism and voluntarism. With fatalism everything is clear - this worldview, which believes: in the world there is no freedom, and everything is subordinated to a single plan of fate. And, no matter what, the fatalist is not necessarily a pessimist. These are people who believe in fate, believe that they will necessarily be lucky, at least some of them. Another thing is that they are unlucky, but it does not matter. In most cases, fatalism assumes a fair share of pessimism and doom. People usually remember fatalism when a person rolls on an inclined plane.

And what about "voluntarism"? The term is known to the Soviet and Russian audience from the film "The Caucasian Captive" by L. Gaidai. But very few people know what it means. And the concept presupposes the following belief: the main driving force in the world is the freedom of man or God (or what replaces Him). And I would like to say that voluntarism, unlike fatalism, is optimistic, but remembering the thinkers who adhered to this doctrine (F. Nietzsche, A. Schopenhauer), somehow the language does not turn. The main difference between fatalism and voluntarism lies in the following: some believe that there is no freedom, but others that there is nothing but freedom. One way or another, "fatal" is that nothing good for a person will definitely end.

Martin Eden as an example of a tragic fate

Jack London's novel is an eternal work, it tells of a person's battle with fate and life. Bad in this work is that the author had a certain ideological orientation: love is the main driving force in the world. And while the hero of London thought that Ruth loved him, he overcame himself, developed. After all, Martin Eden is a nugget. But as soon as the main character realized that Ruth was a dummy, he immediately wilted. For those who have not read, we will not disclose all the cards, but let's say: the meeting with Ruth predetermined a fatal outcome (which is understandable from the context, and if not clear, then read Jack London) of the fate of Martin Eden.

Fatal mistake of the author

Jack London is an eternal author, that is, he will be read while there is English and people able to translate from him, but he also made a mistake that cost him his hero. The discerning reader will understand what is at stake. Jack London believed: the most important thing in life is love, and when a person is devoid of love, then he does not need to live. The victim of such an installation was Martin Eden. And this quite fits the definition of "fatal mistake" - this is what predetermined the fate of the hero, played a cruel joke with him. The system-forming belief about the love of Jack London devalued the entire struggle of Martin Eden for the right to be himself.

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