Fate in "The Blizzard"

Fate plays a major role within "The Blizzard". When Vladimir arrives in Zhadrino, the priest and his bride to be are missing. The blizzard, the major obstacle in the short story, forces the young lovers apart. Had Vladimir been able to meet Marya at the chapel on time, she would not have been married to a different man. Though she is upset by this, she falls in love with Burmin, whom happens to be the man that played the trick onher in the chapel. She is truely upset at the end of the short story when he does not realize it is her. Burmin and Marya were tied by fate to be together, though they don't find a love with one another until the end of "The Blizzard".