2006-08-14 12:50:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It means that you have free-will, which is the power to decide where the journey of your life will take you. You are you to decide, and for that matter, not to decide....it's all based upon your personal choice as to the paths you take and where they will lead you. Within that, "I am the captain of my soul" is an extension of the former. You are the one that steers your ship (soul) and to what end your soul will abound....such as, but not definitively, to heaven or hell.
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2006-08-14 12:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by lildansr_23 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever God may be, For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not cried nor winced aloud, Under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the captain of my fate, I am the master of my soul. William Earnest Henley, 1875
2016-04-04 01:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a quotation from the poem Invictus:
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud,
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
-- William Ernest Henley
It means I am responsible for my own life, no matter what life throws at me.
2006-08-14 12:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by maî 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You are responsible for your on actions in life.There are no excuses to be told of why you can't make your life what you want it to be. Because "you are the master of your fate, and the captain of your soul."
2006-08-14 13:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-17 00:06:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Am The Master Of My Fate
2016-12-08 22:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by allateef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont necessarily believe that Henley is saying that he is in control of his destiny. What I think he means is that he is in control of HOW he handles the destiny in store for him referencing 'I am the master of my fate and captain of my soul' refers to how unconquearble is strength is. Not necessarily WHAT he achieves in life.....Nelson Mandela recited Henley's poem while in prison for 27 years. So Mandela was not saying I control my fate (because obviously he was imprisoned) but I control HOW I handle this fate. With strength and dignity and determination...I don't know just my opinion....
2016-05-15 15:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by DLS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It s a foil to Tennyson s line in Crossing the Bar, "I hope to meet my Pilot face to face, when I have crossed the bar." For Henley, there is nothing past the life except "the horror of the Shade". There is no Pilot. He is the Pilot.
2015-08-12 07:47:48 · answer #8 · answered by Steve 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that ulitmately you are responsible for your own life. You make the decisions that will affect your life. You make things happen, and don't just let things happen to you. Unexpected circumstances might happen like getting into a car accident or your house burning down, but it is up to you how you will react. You can get depressed, or you can get your car fixed, or get a new one or rebuild your house and start over. Instead of blaming circumstances, for your problems, you try to fix the problems.
2006-08-16 22:09:04 · answer #9 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is the old "self-determination" versus "fate" argument.
2006-08-14 13:01:49 · answer #10 · answered by szydkids 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋