Death is defined as, "The termination or extinction of something" (American Heritage Dictionary). Edgar Allen Poe uses this description in "The Fall of the House of Usher" in different ways. Poe's intention when writing "The Fall of the House of Usher" was not to present a moral, lesson, or...
Assisted Suicide; Who Has the Right to Choose? Euthanasia or assisted suicide is a very sensitive and debatable topic in today's society. Webster's Dictionary defines euthanasia as a painless and easy death. However there are many religious, moral, and ethical arguments against this method that is ...
Death as a Recurring Theme in Sula There are several ways in which one can classify death. Death is not solely viewed as being physiological; it too can be viewed as being spiritual, emotional, as well as psychological. Spiritual death is the cessation of all vital phenomena without capability o...
Right-to-die is advocating or expressing, as in a living will, a person's right to refuse extraordinary life-sustaining measures intended to prolong life artificially when the person is deemed by his or her physicians to be terminally or incurably ill (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language). ...
Knowledge grown with a splendid almost unimpeded, advance. Day by day we are becoming more knowledgeable about basic concerns such as birth, health, and death. It is a mark of progress to discover new problems and to solve ancient problems. Questions about death and dying are now often asked in publ...