http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/seneca Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:50:18 -0400 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:50:18 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/609/fate-fortune-and-timon-of-athens-reinterpreting-the-senecan-chorus By David W. Synyard - In Seneca's tragedies, the Roman playwright and philosopher employed the concept of fate and fortune to structure the outcome of characters' lives. Frederick Kiefer notes in Fortune and Elizabethan Tragedy that the Senecan chorus primarily discusses the characters’ actions and world in relation to the paradox of Stoicism. In this paradox, two oppositional forces comprise the universe: fate structures one part with logic, meaningfulness, and organization, which the chorus requires man to adhere with, while fortune structures the other part with volatility, danger, and change, which the chorus... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:05 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/609/fate-fortune-and-timon-of-athens-reinterpreting-the-senecan-chorus