What if we gave chance no credence?
What if we believed, as self-help gurus and motivational speakers proclaim, that we are masters of our own destiny - that we make our own luck?
What if we believed, as insurance brokers suggest, that there are no unmitigated disasters?
What if the solution to adversity really was litigation?

Can tragedy exist in such an environment?
What exactly would be happy in a "happy ending?"
How would we regard Shakespeare in a world that doesn't believe in chance?