![]() November 8, - Not going to lie that is an interesting theory, but I wonder if that could simply just be conjecture as opposed to what other people see with his title. For example, I organize events and when multiple things go wrong with an event, I tend to say 'things are falling apart.' It's definitely not as literal and extreme as the phrase was used by these authors and poets. I use this phrase myself when negative events take place back to back and when something is not succeeding as I expected. I have not read any of the poems or 'Things Fall Apart' books but I had not expected the phrase to mean 'the end of the world' literally in them. The origin of this phrase was definitely much more pessimistic than how it is generally used today. I think William Butler couldn't have selected a better title for his poem. So both physically and contextually, the end of the world is a complete falling apart. Texts describe that when everything ends, the whole universe will emerge and become flattened. The anti-Christ is said to arrive at this time and will present the last test to humanity, until the arrival of Christ and the official end of life on earth. Many texts and stories talk about how there will be chaos, famine and war as the world nears it's end. It does very much describe a world where everything is falling apart. I'm interested in religious texts and theories and have read a lot about how the end of the world is described in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. And not just in Christianity but in the other Abrahamic religions as well. I personally think that 'Things Fall Apart' is a suitable title and way to some up the end of the world.
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