Death can be a tragic situation for most people living on this earth. There will be times where people ignore the word “death” and try to avoid it. But what is our response to someone who is about to die or when we hear the word death? Many times people are very sad and feel some kind of depression from their love ones; especially when someone had died in a recent time. Although there are those who think in a positive mindset, attitude, and personality, which helps them focus to be content. In the books by Edgar Allan Poe and Sandra Cisneors, they describe different character’s reactions towards death and how they respond to death. There is a right and wrong response from people who go through someone’s death or hear the word death. There …show more content…
The word “death” does bring sorrow and pain, although there is always a way to be positive in someone’s death by remembering the good memories. In the story “Los Boxers” by Sandra Cineros, a man who recently lost his wife, remembers the positive memories, and doesn’t mourn over her death: ‘‘Oh boy, she was clean. Everything in the house looked new even though it was old… You betcha. Starched and ironed everything. My socks, my T-shirts. Even ironed los boxers. Yup, drove me crazy with her ice cubes. But now that she’s dead, well that’s just how life is.” (132) This shows how the character reacts upon the death of his wife and accepts that everyone is going to die one day. Though he knew that his own wife had died, he focuses on the positive memories which brings him comfort and security. Recalling the good times of the past can lead to joy and happiness, through fixing our eyes to the enjoyment of a person’s …show more content…
For most people, their response is mostly towards depression and sadness, but others think positive and peace. My view point upon this essay is that there’s a right and wrong response to somebody’s death which lead to a good or bad consequence. Everyone might or might not experience someone’s death, but when we are aware of it we will become prepare of what’s ahead.. In addition, taking the path of comfort and a positive attitude, can change the way you think and act when death approaches. We don’t understand why things happen in life even if life takes a turn, but then again if we know the truth and the response in the right way, we will be able to have satisfy
Death is a controversial and sensitive subject. When discussing death, several questions come to mind about what happens in our afterlife, such as: where do you go and what do you see? Emily Dickinson is a poet who explores her curiosity of death and the afterlife through her creative writing ability. She displays different views on death by writing two contrasting poems: one of a softer side and another of a more ridged and scary side. When looking at dissimilar observations of death it can be seen how private and special it is; it is also understood that death is inevitable so coping with it can be taken in different ways. Emily Dickinson’s poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died” show both parallel and opposing views on death.
Throughout the history of mankind there are two main things that are guaranteed in life, taxes and death. According to researchers at Hebrews For Christians, 56,000,000 people die each year, (Parson, 2014). Many of these people die at ripe old ages while there are a plethora of young people who die slow and tragic deaths. When death occurs many people are not prepared and therefore many devastating things can result from this. People usually experience problems with their emotions, they will stress over a number of situations, and many health issues will arise. Many people become depressed for long periods of time and give up on life. Although there are people who take these experiences to heart, there are many ways a person can deal with these problems. Dealing with these problems in a healthy manner, can lead to a very healthy healing process for everyone who is being affected by it. In this research paper I will discuss three main keys points. The first key point I will discuss the stages of death in the Kubler - Ross Model. Secondly I will discuss is the psychological effect of how death can effect people in many different ways. Third and final, I will show you many different ways a person can deal with grief.
Death affects people and characters very differently in life. In the world of literary works two very well known authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, present two works that both deal with the effects of this very thing, the fear of death. Laid out in the next few pages we shall see that there are many connections to the works these two have done in the way that their characters are affected by the fear of death, how other characters are affected, and the way that they are personified and how other characters are affected by them, to see that they are a personification of death. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe were both American authors from the eighteen hundred. both were part of the romantic movement.
Death is sometimes considered unthinkable. People do not wish to think of loved ones dying. When someone close to us dies we are over come with sadness. We wish we had more time with them. Their death shows us the importance of that person’s role in our lives. We begin to think of how we will live our lives without them. We think of all the moments we shared with them, they live again in our memories. Perhaps death is considered unthinkable because we fe...
Death is an occurrence that is apart of the human condition which is why it’s often found in literature. The poems that have been analyzed for its use of death are “Thanatopsis” by William Bryant, “Dust In The Wind” by Kansas, and “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult. Although each of the poem’s points are different, they have the same topic which is death.
Death can both be a painful and serious topic, but in the hands of the right poet it can be so natural and eloquently put together. This is the case in The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe, as tackles the topic of death in an uncanny way. This poem is important, because it may be about the poet’s feelings towards his mother’s death, as well as a person who is coming to terms with a loved ones passing. In the poem, Poe presents a speaker who uses various literary devices such as couplet, end-stopped line, alliteration, image, consonance, and apostrophe to dramatize coming to terms with the death of a loved one.
People say the mind is a very complex thing. The mind gives people different interpretations of events and situations. A person state of mind can lead to a death of another person. As we all know death is all around us in movies, plays, and stories. The best stories that survive throughout time involve death in one form or another. For example, William Shakespeare is considered as one of the greatest writers in literary history known for having written a lot of stories concerning death like Macbeth or Julius Caesar. The topic of death in stories keeps people intrigued and on the edge of their seats. Edgar Allan Poe wrote two compelling stories that deal with death “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven.” In “The
Death has been an eternal problem, which human being faces all across history. Facing death requires enormous brave, furthermore, being responsible for death requires depth of wisdom. Back in centuries, individuals were deeply influenced by the ongoing beliefs, whether it was religious belief or just what people called the belief of the Ancient Greek, it manipulated them into acting in normal life and facing death to a large extent. As in texts “Hamlet” by Shakespeare and “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles, their personality and behaviour have been dramatically and successfully shaped to reflect on how the conception of their belief changed the ways of dealing with the world in regard to the understanding after death. Both of them demonstrated
Poe's life experiences have a major influence in his writings, including the use of the nature of death and provocative questions about the afterlife. The favorable reason to his macabre works has been thought to be the result of experiencing the many deaths of his loved ones early in his life. Based on Poe’s works, he believes that the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetic topic in the world. For example, in his later poems, most notably, and represents the imaginative repetition of his painful experiences. Jeffrey Scraba, one of the literature critics ...
The two poems, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, by Dylan Thomas and, “Because I Could Not Wait for Death”, by Emily Dickinson, we find two distinct treatments on the same theme, death. Although they both represent death, they also represent it as something other than death. Death brings about a variety of different feelings, because no two people feel the same way or believe the same thing. The fact that our faith is unknown makes the notion of death a common topic, as writers can make sense of their own feelings and emotions and in the process hope to make readers make sense of theirs too. Both Dickinson and Thomas are two well known and revered poets for their eloquent capture of these emotions. The poems both explore death and the
The concept of human mortality and how it is dealt with is dependent upon one’s society or culture. For it is the society that has great impact on the individual’s beliefs. Hence, it is also possible for other cultures to influence the people of a different culture on such comprehensions. The primary and traditional way men and women have made dying a less depressing and disturbing idea is though religion. Various religions offer the comforting conception of death as a begining for another life or perhaps a continuation for the former.
Death is inevitable but it brings different experiences to different people. No one can generalize death and how it affects a person or his family. Research however can be conducted and one can present the most common of the physical aspects that are associated with death. Similarly the most common emotional aspects and beliefs about death can be made part of the discussion.
Death and dying is one topic that is very familiar to me. I have experienced the death of my Grandfathers, Great Grandmother, uncles, aunts, close friends and many patients that I have cared for. In some aspects death is a God sent to some people because they are no longer suffering and you know now that they are in peace. In others ways death can be very traumatic because perhaps someone’s life ended too soon. No matter how much you experience death and dying, no death will affect you in the same way. One thing about death that everyone has in common is that it is inevitable, everyone will die someday.
Many people find it hard to imagine their death as there are so many questions to be answered-how will it happen, when, where and what comes next. The fact that our last days on Earth is unknown makes the topic of death a popular one for most poets who looks to seek out their own emotions. By them doing that it helps the reader make sense of their own emotions as well. In the two poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickenson and “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas, the poets are both capturing their emotion about death and the way that they accepted it. In Dickenson’s poem her feelings towards death are more passionate whereas in Dylan’s poem the feelings
Throughout time, death has been viewed in a negative light. In general, it is an event to be mourned and is seen by some as the end to existence. People do not usually seek death as an answer to their problems. In various pieces of literature, however, suicide is contemplated by the characters as the only solution to the pain and grief that they experience.