Armour 1
Sherry Armour
Professor Nancy Heckel
Lit201 World Literature through the Renaissance
September 8, 2013
Dear Professor Heckel,
I decided to write about Fate and Karma. I chose to use The Story of Shakuntala, The
Epic Tale, to support my claim. I chose this story because it was a beautiful love story, with a
happy ending. Although there were parts in the story that seemed a little discouraging, in the
end, it all worked out. I am not sure if I really have any good strengths, because I kind of got
mixed up as to how I was supposed to organize the essay. I do not think that I really supported
the claim as to whether a story could have both fate and karma, or one or the other. I feel my
claim was not strong enough. I feel there were a lot of weak areas in my essay. There is no
particular part of the essay that I would like feedback, I need feedback on the entire essay.
Hopefully, the next essay will be much better and clearer.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Armour 2
Sherry Armour
Professor Nancy Heckel
Lit201 World Literature through the Renaissance
September 8, 2013
Both Fate and Karma
The terms Fate and Karma sound pretty much alike, but in actuality, they are not the same
at all. Fate can be looked upon as something that is predestined or predetermined even before
the beginning of the time. It is considered as something we have no control over. Some have
said that fate is something that has been inscribed in our lives even before we exit our mother’s
womb. Many feel that fate is the reason why we are born to specific parents, in a particular place
