Also, there are other things like magic and drugs that can make men sleep just as well as they would if they were dead and therefore there is no reason for Death to hold any sense of pride. ... Another way that the poem can be looked at is that through his overconfidence and treating death like an inferior, Donne is trying to ease some of the anxieties of death that many people have. He is merely trying to compel a trust in the afterlife as a just the next step in life's long journey. It is also interesting to note that throughout that poem, Donne is talking to death and has personifie...

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The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves" (Paragraph 5). ... On most spring days, people are in high spirits and enjoying the outdoors, allowing the wonderful weather to ease troubles. ... Mallard is ironic because she did not act very sad at the news that her husband no longer lived. ...

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In actuality, it shows compassion for the patient because they no longer have to suffer. ... That patient took his own life in a motel room and left a suicide note. The note emphasized the point of her pain being so intolerable that she would rather end her life. Bernstein brings to attention that is can ease the financial and emotional stress on a family as well as the person. ... No one should have to suffer from an illness if they do not wish. ...

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This is not to say that a program such as this wouldn't begin with pure intensions, but how long after would this intensions remain. ... Another point to note is the legislature concerning euthanasia. ... These treatments allow people to go on and finish up the remainder of their lives with comfort and ease. ... There is NO RIGHT to sell heroin. There is NO RIGHT to take heroin. ...

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In Prolife News Canada, Ian Kluge, a teacher of English and Comparative Civilizations in British Columbia, notes, "this argument is a direct descendant of the Nazi concept of 'Lebenunwertes Leben'--life unworthy of life.... ... The reasons will be delineated throughout this paper as to why we answer, "no". ... Doctor Joseph Evers says, "To say that a patient on a ventilator, declared brain dead and is certain to die, is no longer a person, is to deny reality. ... No one will want to fight to live or even have the expectation to live long if euthanasia becomes the common practice fo...

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