World is a Stage

Proposition: Life is a mere illusion and just like the world is a stage as we used it as a stepping stone for a showcase of our talents. Provide at least two premises or counter arguments for the proposition.

            Some people think that life is a mere illusion and just like the world is a stage as we used it as a stepping stone for a showcase of our talent. This means that our life is just like the drama that we watch in the television. Just like we watch different scenes in the drama, we also have different events and incidents that happen in our life.  It is full with the colours of life. Sometime we are happy, sad, excited, bored, and angry. In my point of view, I am totally agreed with this opinion. This world is just a stage and we are the actors.

The most obvious similarity between the stage and our real world is people treat us based on our achievement. In the drama, a well performed role no matter how small it is it will be well appreciated by the audience. The excellent actors will get many awards and gain more popularity. The same goes in our real world. According to Gjakovski (2016), “It rarely occurs to people to perform good deeds with good intentions without the need to get something in return. They refuse to accept the fact that making good deed itself provides the feeling of self-worth. When we are performing our job very well with devotion and honesty, we will get praise, love, respect and fame. So, this is why I am saying that this world is just like a stage. Everyone wants to do well in life for their own satisfaction and to get recognition from the others.

    

            Next, the similarity between the stage and the world is the successful of every character or person is decided by himself. In the drama, the story line and the characteristics of the characters have been provided by the director. However, the responsibility to make the character and the drama become successful lies on the actors shoulder. A drama will only become successful when all the actors performed their role very well. The same situation happens in our daily life. Although our life has been plan by God, our successful in this world depend on ourselves. According to Chang (2013), “The future is fluid-like, not stone-like. In other words, the future is not written in stone.” This tells us that we can change our future. If we are determine to gain success in our life we will become a successful person. We can simply become a great engineer, doctor, lawyer or even the best leader in the world. It is all depends on us!

            All in all, I am really agree with the saying of life is a mere illusion and just like the world is a stage as we used it as a stepping stone for a showcase of our talents. This is because, there are so many similarity between the stage and the real world. We ourself can see the similarity in our daily life.

References list

Chang, P. (November 10, 2013). What is Fate? Is it Predetermined and Can We Change It?  Conciouslifenews. Retrieved from: http://consciouslifenews.com/fate-predetermined-change/1167560/

Gjakovski, N. (May 6, 2015). Why do people do good deeds? Retrieved from:       https://www.quora.com/why-do-people-do-good-deeds