... of Protestant faith but rather, a man who pursued occult belief systems and hence believed in predestined fate. This ideology narrowed his perspective on different ways of perceiving the world as he knew that there was no free will that did not lead to death. Yeats often ... outcome. Following the Great War in the early 20th century, Yeats' modernist ideas filtered through traditional stories and form to shine a light on his perception of violence. In 'The Second Coming', Yeats alludes to the Christian prophesy of Jesus' return to Earth to judge every ... by depicting rape, a tabo...

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