Question

How does Maugham bring out the idea of fatalism in his tale

Answer 1

Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine that stresses the subjugation of all events or actions to destiny.

Fatalism generally refers to any of the following ideas:

The view that we are powerless to do anything other than what we actually do.[1] Included in this is that humans have no power to influence the future, or indeed, their own actions.[2] This belief is very similar to predeterminism.An attitude of resignation in the face of some future event or events which are thought to be inevitable. Friedrich Nietzsche named this idea "Turkish fatalism"[3] in his book The Wanderer and His Shadow.[4]That acceptance is appropriate, rather than resistance against inevitability. This belief is very similar to defeatism.The view that no matter what we do or how we struggle, the outcome is only what fate has predetermined it to be.

Answer 2

Somerset Maughm (1874 – 1965), a leading British writer, brings out the idea of ‘fatalism’ in his story ‘Appointment in Samarra’. This story was originally written by American writer John O’Hara and published in 1934. Later, it was retold by Somerset Maughm.

A servant runs into someone, at a local market in Baghdad and to her horror realises it is death himself! She wants to escape from death and begs her master for a horse, to ride to far away Samarra. The narrator of the story mentions that he was ‘astonished to see the servant in Baghdad, for tonight, he had an appointment with him at Samarra’. The narrator was death himself.

The gist of the story is that one cannot escape fate and it is inevitable

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