• S.T. Siva Ranjan

Drama, with its remarkable artistic expressions and aesthetic composure, contributes to humanity the perfect ideals of life and truth aiming at renovation of lifestyle. The tyranny of fate is experienced by all irrespective of the class to which they belong. John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea is a heartbreaking magnum opus that portrays the wonders of sea as the part of nature which is the real background and setting to the play and occasionally playing the role of an artist. This one-act play reminds us of ancient classical tragedies in which fate is the principal foe of human beings who are arbitrarily punished for no fault of their own. All the characters seem to be puppets in the hands of fate as they are fore-doomed to suffer from the fate according to their previous karma which never lets them to escape the doom which has been specially ordained for them. Fate has here been shown to be relentless, merciless and hostile to human beings. This paper strives to give accent to the misfortunes of a peasant fishing family and the hostility of fate towards this family.It also unfolds the tragedy brought about wholly by fate which employs the sea as its principal agent.

Destiny, Fate, Death, Sea, Struggle, Burial.

"Hostility of Fate towards Human Beings: A Study on the Role of Destiny in", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.498-502, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906V70.pdf

"Hostility of Fate towards Human Beings: A Study on the Role of Destiny in", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp498-502, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906V70.pdf