Title of Work: Death, be not proud Author: John Donne John Donne's Death, be not proud is a particularly interesting poem that expresses the act of dying as something natural and pleasant abandoning the reputation it has held for being frightening or powerful. The speaker notes that those whom Death thinks it kills do not truly die and that it will definitely not kill him. ... Drugs and potions can make people sleep as well, or better than Death, so it should not be so proud. ... The author wants those who read Death, be not proud to question Death and how people look at i...

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In the first poem "Death, Be not Proud" John Donne takes the power away from death. ... In contrast, in "Death be not Proud" describes the death as powerless and a pathway to eternal life. ... Donne repeated the word of "death" to show that it does not have any right to be proud. ... Therefore, Donne's use of tone in "Death, be not proud" demonstrated the theme of powerless death which is nothing and absolutely not powerful. ... On the other hand, Donne mocking and taking power away from death by saying "Death, be not proud....

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However, John Donne refutes this common belief in his poem, "Death, be not proud". ... Donne's first quatrain declares that death is not powerful because although it may think that it's killing people, it's really not. ... The second quatrain goes even further to say that death should not only not be feared, but revered. ... This puts a final twist on the poem announcing that death is not death for the person dying but in fact it's the death of death itself because after death the person goes on to live eternally, which means death is no more. This poem strays from t...

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Hamlet C) "To be or not to be: that is the question- To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? ... To die,""to sleep; " To sleep: perchance to dream: "ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The op...

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This tells us that Elizabeth is proud, strong and respected by others. ... In the second part of the short story we are reminded that Elizabeth is a very proud woman. ... It is at this point that the chrysanthemums symbolise death, this is not only reflecting the death of the husband but also shows the strength of Elizabeth who perseveres in a hopeless situation. The husbands death is a revelation of sorts for Elizabeth, she realises she never really knew her husband, and that there was fault on her side for not connecting with him and she feels sympathy towards him. ... Elizabeth is depic...

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Our Great Prince Together we have experienced many deaths but none so great as the death we will observe today: the death of our Prince Hamlet. ... He had to experience the death of his father not too long ago. ... It seemed as if many were against him but Hamlet was brave and did not care. ... He had to make sacrifices such as losing the love of his life and creating an image for others that he was not inside. ... He achieved his goal and died proud. ...

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Death in Venice, written by Thomas Mann in 1912, is a symbol-laden story of aestheticism and decadence. ... Fascinated by this pulchritudinous being, Aschenbach is willingly engulfed in a whirlpool of decadence, sacrificing his once proud and dignified self in favour of an ever-increasing state of obsession for this boy and degradation of his former person. ... The theme, as described by Thomas Mann himself, is the "fascination with the death idea", and we see examples of this all throughout the novel. ... Cosimo is angered not only over the fact that he has to eat his snails, but also over th...

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In the aftermath of her father's death, which Emily refuses to acknowledge, she meets a Yankee, Homer Barron, and falls in love with him. ... It is not until the end of the story when Emily dies, that her murderous act is discovered. ... It is this static quality that helps to define Emily's character as being a proud, stubborn, reclusive woman hopelessly clinging onto the ways of the Old South. ... By not allowing anyone to see or speak with her, Emily does not have to face judgment or the changes going on around her. ... It is Emily's proud, stubborn, and reclusive disposi...

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In Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman," Willy Lowman is an aging salesman who never tries to improve his present circumstances, but opts instead to flee from them, by recalling better times in the past when his life had fewer conflicts. ... Not acknowledging your current problems only sets you up for a bigger fall when all the problems finally catch to you. ... Willy is in low spirits and begins indulging in self-criticism; he moans that he cannot move ahead in life because people do not like him. ... The one proud memory Willy had of his sons is now in the scrap pile, the pressure...

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They thought that they were going to be rescued, but they were not. ... They were very proud people because they were able to conquer the sea, which means they were able to conquer the world. ... Those men are not prepared . ... I am proud of their realization to never give up in this life. ... At this moment he was experiencing more or less the same thing, which is the border of death. ...

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After his first fire on and he has his lunch everything is fine, then he laugh and think the Old Timer were "rather womanish," and so proud of himself, he thought "all a man had to do was keep his head, and he was right. ... In the end, although the battle to stay alive was well fought, he accept his death. In contrast at the end, the man freezes to death and the dog is a life. ... It does not know to build a fire (but know to get close to the fire to get warm, close enough to not get burn.) It does not know the thermometers, but it can feel the cold and by experience it know...

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Something that was not expected from the first few lines. ... The second stanza speaks of the cat proudly "flagging" her tail, but this is where the persona combines the literal world with the world in her mind. ... The poem ends the persona is not just fighting the urge to do things she did when she was young but to also escape death. The fear of death as part of life is something that comes along with a mid life crisis. ... And the time set is wintertime, which is symbolic for death. ...

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People who see more meaning in life tend to try harder to be a person that he/she is proud of. ... He did not agree with the fact that there is one single feature that can define religious experience. ... Why or why not? ... He was not concerned if religion was true or false but rather experimenting the different types or religion. ... Also another thing many people believe is that whatever sins you commit in this world, god will give you some kind of punishment or pain while going through death bed....

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Any kind of loving mother would be proud of her child and be content of her capability to bear children. ... Not Addie her words were "So I took Anse-. ... I did not ask for them-. ... Personally, this woman should not have children. ... But as the story showed she received pity, even after death. ...

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An Atypical Little Girl The character of Emily Thornton in A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes is not a typical 10-year-old English girl. ... The young protagonist by this part of the story has already survived an earthquake, a horrendous tropical storm, the death of her favorite pet, a pirate kidnapping, and witnessed human death. ... After beginning to understand Emily and her personal world through her reactions to previous experiences, it is not necessarily surprising that Emily is "translated to heaven-(235) when she encounters a baby alligator. ... This can be detected by her...

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He could not escape the society any more. ... Likewise, Mitty could not escape the reality of life. ... Meursault's came because he did not want to conform to society and was facing death penalty by the guillotine. ... Meursault was condemned to death mostly of showing lack of emotion, especially because he did not cry at his mother's funeral. ... Is it possible that the dream of execution did not signify the death of Mitty, but in his real world the death of slavery to his wife? ...

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The English word euthanasia is taken from the Greek eu thanatos "good or easy death." ... Is suffering a preparation for death, and if it is, should people be spared it? ... He wanted "to die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly" (422). ... Is suffering a part of life and a preparation for death? ... Competent patients also can refuse any treatment, knowing that the death will result, even if they are not terminally ill. ...

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(p 35) Milkman does not look forward to the future. ... Anything that does not touch him directly does not exist for him. ... Just as the consequences of Milkman's own stupidity would remain, and regret would always outweigh the things he was proud of having done. Hagar was dead and he had not loved her one bit." ... Near the end of the book, just after Pilate's death, Milkman makes another discovery. ...

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It is not until after the conversation we witness the impact this man has had on the mother. ... We witness the child is ignorant of the sorrows of death as she wept for what began' Thus a loss of innocence. ... This experience has a dramatic effect on the child, as not only is a life lost but also a lesson learnt. ... Her past experience has made her stronger, as she now accepts death as inevitable what sorrows no words no tears can mend'. ... Her pure, personality is evident as she describes her backyard as a wonderland "The best climbing tree stood proud-. ...

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