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Everyone wants eternal happiness in his or her life. Unfortunately, the world has things disguised as eternal happiness. People are willing to do anything for a taste of eternal happiness, and are unaware or do not care of the consequences one little taste in disguise may bring. Oscar & Lucinda (1997), directed by Gillian Armstrong, was a tale of two souls on a hunt for eternal happiness (Yahoo). It symbolizes eternal happiness in disguise with thrills of gambling. Betty Stratton played by Linda Bassett, states, “Divine grace cannot be sought, it is given” (Armstrong; Evelyn). Oscar & Lucinda tell its viewers that if there is something in life that someone believes with all their heart and soul will give them eternal happiness they must earn it, however, it would not come easy. Everyone does not know what in life will give them eternal happiness, nonetheless, when they stumble on it, not only will they kno