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A 10 page exploration of the short stories encompassed by Miguel de Unamuno and Eric Bentley in their books “Abel Sanchez and Other Stories” (Unamuno) and “Life is a Dream: (Bentley). Unamuno’s book contains the short stories “Abel Sanchez”, “The Madness of Doctor Montarco”, and “San Manuel Bueno, Matyr” while Bentley’s “Life is a Dream” encompasses translations of Calderon's “La Vida es un Sueño” (Life is a Dream), Lope de Vega's “Fuente Ovejuna” (Fountain of Youth), and Tirso de Molina's “Don Juan”. Each of these stories add insight to our understanding of the free will verses determinism debate. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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File: AM2_PPlifeDr.rtf
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whether life is controlled by ones destiny or determined instead by individual free will has raged on practically since the beginning of mans reign on earth. It has occupied
the minds of theologians, philosophers, scientists, and authors alike. The fictional literature is a particularly interesting place to start an exploration of this debate. While there are thousands
of short stories centering around the question of free will verses determinism, many have been compiled into comprehensive works. Miguel de Unamuno and Eric Bentley are particularly noted for
such a pursuit. Unamunos book "Abel Sanchez and Other Stories" contains the short stories "Abel Sanchez", "The Madness of Doctor Montarco", and "San Manuel Bueno, Matyr". Eric Bentleys
"Life is a Dream", in turn, encompasses translations of Calderons "La Vida es un Sue?o" (Life is a Dream), Lope de Vegas "Fuente Ovejuna" (Fountain of Youth), and Tirso de
Molinas "Don Juan". Each of these stories provide insight into the importance of free will verses determinism. Each of the
stories noted above transcends the particular culture from which it is produced and extends into the pulse of world literature. In the books noted above we find several themes
which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are honor and loyalty. Important too, however, is the mysticism and symbolism encapsulated by each
author. These authors use such themes as a fiber with which to weave intriguing stories of humanity and cruelty, stories which blend reality with fantasy and sadness with hope
to illustrate our understanding of the extreme diversity of views which exist in regard to the importance of free will verses determinism. Of
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