In John Home's Douglas and James Macpherson's Fingal, the legacy of war from fathers to sons, the infighting between brothers, and a warrior's incessant lust for glory, induce anguish to those who remain after the battles have ceased. In the ending of both texts, Lady Randolph and Ossian feel dejected and lonely, although Ossian still has the ability to recite his heroes' songs, allowing them to persist. Lady Randolph's situation, however, is truly hopeless as she finds no reason to live after Douglas's death, so she kills herself. These endings are unmistakably caused by conflict, and although it may seem that in the texts – due to the pain felt by Lady Randolph and Ossian – there is a clear anti-war mentality, in reality different, often contradictory, points of view are presented. It is crucial to first examine the views on inheritance, infighting, and achieving glory to understand the effects on Lady Randolph and Ossian. Only after an analysis of these arguments will it be demonstrated that conflict is ultimately a destructive force, inflicting pain on Lady Randolph and Ossian. Legacy isn't always based on something tangible. Instead, as both texts show, a father's destiny is to also be that of his son, a concept first encountered in Douglas's preface when the narrator states, “And every hero was the father of a hero. / When mighty destiny decreed the end of a warrior” (Home 157). Society has built the belief that war is the highest possible social position, so even those whose fathers had military glory desire the same glory. Conflicts are passed from father to son, illustrated unerringly in this passage from Fingal: “My soul lights up in danger. . . I am of the race of steel; my f... middle of paper......n their families and friends away from them. With their past erased, they are left to mourn the lives of the fallen, lost to war too soon. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Home, John. “Douglas, A Tragedy (1756 edition).” English 320: Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture. Comp L Davis. SFU Document Solutions: 2011. 154-205.Macpherson, James. "Fingal: an ancient epic, in six books: together with many other poems, composed by Ossian son of Fingal." English 320: 18th-Century Literature and Culture. Comp L Davis. SFU Document Solutions: 2011. 223-266.Mulholland, James. “James Macpherson's Ossian Poems, Oral Traditions, and the Invention of the Voice,” Oral Tradition 24:2 (2009): 393-414. Jung, Sandro. “Lady Randolph, the 'Monument of Sorrow': Love and Loss in JohnHome's Douglas.” Restoration and research on eighteenth-century theatre, 20 (1-2): 16-27.