FATE - Would Homer and Virgil be the same with out it?

written for AP English class Exam Paper - Fate - Would Homer & Virgil be the same with out it?         In Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad, a picture of the supernatural and its workings was created. In both works, there is a concept of a fixed order of events which is called fate. Fate involves two parts. First, there are laws that govern certain parts of mens' lives, such as human mortality and an afterlife. …

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