“What goes around comes around” (anonymous) is a common adage explaining that whatever you put into the world, positive or negative, will always find a way back. The stories of Spoon River written by Edgar Lee Masters consist of many epitaphs which show each citizen's true colors and reveal their lives throughout their town. Spoon River is a collection of stories, which when blended together, create a multitude of life-changing events, including many deaths. A multitude of unexpected circumstances drive many townspeople in the small town of Spoon River to make poor choices, resulting in their ultimate demise. Greed is an intense feeling for something, which often leads to negative consequences for everyone involved. Many citizens in the small …show more content…
A year passed and one day they found him dead. That made me rich. I moved on to Chicago.” (Lines 4-6). In these circumstances, Dora Williams felt emotionless after these events and continued with life as usual. While greed may initially promise satisfaction or wealth, it often leads down a path to regret after discovering its consequences. Regret is a powerful emotion that occurs from reflecting on one's actions, wishing they were different. Many citizens in the town of Spoon River come in contact with old decisions that they wish they had never made, mainly Doctor Meyers who describes his past life which ended in ultimate chaos, “I was good hearted, easy Doctor Meyers. I was happy, healthy, in comfortable fortune” (Lines 4-6). Under these events, Doctor Meyers regrets all he did and wishes things could go back to before everything changed. Most people regret their actions, leaving them with a heavy heart pondering the decision to make things right, which is what Minerva felt after her relationship, leaving her to explain the way she has always been treated and the way she has always felt, “I thirsted so for love, I hungered so for life” (Lines …show more content…
While regret can initially be a heavy weight to carry, it often leads to karma when one’s actions come full circle. Karma is the idea that the energy which has been put into the world, will eventually find its way back. The results of one's actions often reveal the true impact of their choices, potentially changing the way others view them, including Dr. Meyers, who expresses his decisions and those results, “They indicted me, the newspapers disgraced me, my wife perished of a broken heart. And pneumonia finished me” (Lines 12-14). At this point, Dr. Meyers is experiencing the harsh consequences of his previous decisions, creating a new perspective on his life to look at. Karma also comes in many forms, changing the lives of others in the town of Spoon River, mainly Butch