However, Bachinger finds her reasoning for Dickinson’s symbolism in theology rather than in folklore as Monteiro did. One reason for Dickinson’s personifying of Death as the King, she recalled Job 18:14 where Death is titled the King of Terrors (Bachinger, 13). Furthermore, Bachinger talks about Donne’s sermon, which Dickinson may have been inspired. Donne makes the Lord the agent of resurrection at the time of death. Also, in Christian tradition, King of Kings is used for the Lord. “Death is thus a moment when the King of Terrors is defeated by the King of Kings, and the equanimity with which Dickinson’s narrator awaits death strongly suggests that the “King” who is to be “witnessed” then is a much or more the Lord as he is Death. It is the Lord who guarantees her the “last Onset” or the resurrection” (Bachinger,
However, Bachinger finds her reasoning for Dickinson’s symbolism in theology rather than in folklore as Monteiro did. One reason for Dickinson’s personifying of Death as the King, she recalled Job 18:14 where Death is titled the King of Terrors (Bachinger, 13). Furthermore, Bachinger talks about Donne’s sermon, which Dickinson may have been inspired. Donne makes the Lord the agent of resurrection at the time of death. Also, in Christian tradition, King of Kings is used for the Lord. “Death is thus a moment when the King of Terrors is defeated by the King of Kings, and the equanimity with which Dickinson’s narrator awaits death strongly suggests that the “King” who is to be “witnessed” then is a much or more the Lord as he is Death. It is the Lord who guarantees her the “last Onset” or the resurrection” (Bachinger,