# Fate and Accident in He Who Gets Slapped

> Theme guide for He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev.

The introduction highlights 'Her Majesty Fate and His Excellency Accident' as dark forces; characters are repeatedly subject to arbitrary luck and predetermined outcomes, suggesting a bleak, deterministic worldview.

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