According to Professor Polan, many Lang's films share a recurring theme - destiny, a destiny which is typically random and uncaring. ... To further discuss the theme of destiny, the concept of fate needs to first be defined in a Langian context. ... The following quote elaborates his idea about the Destiny-machine. ... People are constantly being watched and their fates seem to be controlled by this so-called Destiny-machine. ... In the battle between society and Wanley, the society, or destiny-machine, slowly seizes control of Wanley's destiny with machine-like precision. ...

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Ultima's statement that she is the one who knows Antonio's destiny foreshadows Ultima's role as Antonio's guide in the process of merging his heritages and building a future out of both. ... Antonio is also troubled about his own uncertain destiny. ...

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The life of Eva Maria Duarte Peron compared to the life of Ernesto Guevara Lynch de La Serna. Evita Peron, born Eva Maria Duarte, in contrast to the heights to which she rose, came from very humble beginnings. Eva was born in 1919 in Los Toldos, Argentina to Juana Ibarguren. Eva's father, Juan Duarte had a fifteen year long affair with Juana, although he was already married. The couple was stable though Eva and her four siblings, Blanca, Elisa, Juan, and Erminda were all legally acknowledged by their father. ...

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" (Kruszewski, 1940, 964) This would also of course be the reason for the German annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia; it was "the destiny of the Czech people and lands trustfully in the hands of the Fuhrer.... As early as 1933 we could see such underlying plans that would foreshadow the Fuhrer's true plans. ...

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As national pride began to blossom in each country, there was an increasing belief in a national destiny in many of the countries that would play a significant role in initiating the First World War. ... This statement, made by the moderate historian and publicist Hans Delbruck in 1899 in his Preussische Fahrbucher, not only represents the general prevailing opinion in Germany, but it also foreshadows Germany's desire to pursue its goals at almost any cost "even war. ...

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