“There came a stealthy thief that’s known as Death,/ Throughout this country robbing folks of breath.” (chaucer lines 5-6). These lines are quoted from Chaucer’s epic poem”The Pardoner’s tale.” Death is interpreted differently throughout stories, songs, and poems. Death is personified as a spirit or as a human’s physical presence, friend or enemy, death can be presented as both. The song “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult presents death as a persuasive person. In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson death tries to comfort a girl as he takes her to her resting place Death is an enemy who can appear and act in many different ways.
In the song, “Don’t Fear the Reaper,” death is present and speaking. The lyrics tell a story about a suicide. The reaper persuades the girl by talking kindly to her in the lines from “Don't fear the Reaper” “come on baby” and “baby I’m your man.” Death is trying to be friendly to the girl. Once the girl has accepted his …show more content…
Death does this to lure the girl into his carriage with the destination being her eternity. Dickinson states, “I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me.” (lines 1-2) The girl is too involved in her life to stop for death. This shows that the girl may not have been ready to die, signifying that she is young. Death swoops in and takes the girl’s life while trying to act like a nice guy. Dickinson uses words like “kindly” (line 2) and “leisure” (line 7) to show how death is presents himself. Being patient with the girl makes her more comfortable and easy going. As they travel together the girl says “We passed the school, where children strove.” (line 9) This represents her life flashing before her eyes, establishing that death has succeeded with taking her life. Through all types of media death can be seen as an enemy taking lives of individuals that are not ready to
In the song, “Don’t Fear the Reaper,” death is present and speaking. The lyrics tell a story about a suicide. The reaper persuades the girl by talking kindly to her in the lines from “Don't fear the Reaper” “come on baby” and “baby I’m your man.” Death is trying to be friendly to the girl. Once the girl has accepted his …show more content…
Death does this to lure the girl into his carriage with the destination being her eternity. Dickinson states, “I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me.” (lines 1-2) The girl is too involved in her life to stop for death. This shows that the girl may not have been ready to die, signifying that she is young. Death swoops in and takes the girl’s life while trying to act like a nice guy. Dickinson uses words like “kindly” (line 2) and “leisure” (line 7) to show how death is presents himself. Being patient with the girl makes her more comfortable and easy going. As they travel together the girl says “We passed the school, where children strove.” (line 9) This represents her life flashing before her eyes, establishing that death has succeeded with taking her life. Through all types of media death can be seen as an enemy taking lives of individuals that are not ready to