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What would be the word for a person who ultimately "surrenders to his fate" whatever be the circumstances?
Example (the latest one I came across): In the Tempest, act 1 scene 1, in the end the mariners had no choice but to say: 'All lost to prayers, all lost' or Gonzalo saying that 'let the wills above be done'. They were in such an adverse situation that it was next to impossible to save the ship from the wreck and hence they had to cling their hopes to fortune.
Fatalist (noun):
someone who believes that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events, especially bad ones, cannot be avoided:
"I'm not a fatalist ," she said. "I'm a realist." (Cambridge.org)
Resigned sounds like what you mean.
feeling or showing resignation; submissive; yielding and uncomplaining
I would use just 'a coward', but the better word, l think, is 'a wimp'.
According to Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wimp):
WIMP
informal
disapproving
: a person who is not strong, brave, or confident:
// I'm afraid I'm a wimp when it comes to climbing up ladders.
