“There are two tragedies in life: One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it.” (Oscar Wilde). What do you think this quote means? In my opinion, people are essentially selfish beings who want what they want when they want it. We do not think through our desires, or most of the time lusts, and do not realize that they may introduce inconveniences, or can even be detrimental to our lives. The latter tragedy is “getting what we want”, we sometimes do not realize that what we long and pine for can, in reality, destroy us. We can also be destroyed by what we want and end up getting. We will scrunch and save for some thing that we want; ignorant to the fact that that what we want will ultimately devastate us.
One example of this in literature is the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Both characters wanted to be with the other so badly and they both got what they wanted, but in the end, they ended up killing themselves because of it. This quote is sad but true.
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