Bryant finishes his poem by stating that one should "approach thy grave like on who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." Bryant refers to death as a "pleasant dreams" the very same way in which Thomas's poem refers to it as a "good night." In Shakespeare's soliloquy, Hamlet states "to die, to sleep - to sleep, perchance to dream...for in that sleep what dreams may come." ... All three writings make death seem like something pleasant by linking them to dreams and good nights. ... In these 3 poems, whether directly or indirectly, death is referre...

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According to the reading "Socrates discusses death in his defense speech", Socrates compares death to the undisturbed nights and if a man couldn't really tell the difference from all the nights then death, as a matter of fact, was light like a feather. ... When we are in our deep sleep without being disturbed by dreams, we fall into a deep state of unconsciousness and Socrates thinks that death is just like an eternity sleep without disturbances. ... For example, a man is having the best sleep of his life, where dreams don't disturb him but then a fire alarm goes off. ...

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True love and immortality in life would be a dream come true to many. ... Gilgamesh weeps for seven days and nights, thinking that his friend would come back: "On this very day I myself shall mourn you! ... The irony of the story is that Gilgamesh, who wanted to enjoy immortality, actually achieves his dream. ...

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In Tim O"Brien's "The Things They Carried" the soldiers carry guns, ammunition, and body armor to keep them as safe and as protected as possible. Each one carries things important to them as well as the standard issued items. They carry pictures and letters helping them remember girls they have le...

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"Lacan treated the unconscious as a language and viewed the dream as a form of discourse" (169). ... Victor describes to Walton time spent observing "decay and corruption of the human body," "to examine the cause and progress of this decay and forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charnel-houses" (56). ...

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The gods do not intervene directly, but Enkidu, who is their creation, fulfills his task of protecting Gilgamesh by interpreting his dreams and also by urging him to deal the killing blows. Gilgamesh also reveals an importaffnt aspect of his personality in his reactions to these dreams, and Enkidu serves to put them in a practical perspective for Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh's recurrent interpretation of his dreams seems to be defeat and death at the hands of Humbaba, his greatest fear and greatest challenge yet. ...

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