A Happy Death

Hector, talks to Hecuba about her tragedies in her family. As a result, Hecuba’s daughter is murdered at Achilles’s tomb, therefore, she is weak because of this death. As Hecuba explains about her feelings, “It is better to die than to live a life of pain. The dead feel no sorrow” (Pg. 35). Hecuba believes that life is hopeless and death would be best because of her recent loss. As shown, Hecuba loses her confidence and bravery for her happiness when talking to Andromache about the terrifying…

Is death scary? Birth, old age, sickness, and death are natural stages of human being which is unavoidable. In the end, everyone has to suffer through the death; however, is this true that every death is scary or it is not frightening as it seems, yet appeals meaningfulness? “The Man to Send Rain Clouds" composed by Leslie Marmon Silko (Story #1) and “The Cask of Amontillado” from Edgar Allan Poe (Story #2) are two pieces of literature which is going to answer the questions above- death is not…

Imagine only having months to live. How would you react. Would you be able to accept it. Sadly, a character was sentenced to death for something he didn't do. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines describes what the character has to go through before he dies. One lesson learned in this novel is how to become a man; Jefferson learns this by staying strong, communicating, and sustaining happiness. Jefferson Learns to become a man by showing strength. Jefferson is a man because…

“He’d dreamed he was going through a grove of timber trees where a gentle drizzle was falling, and for an instant he was happy in his dream, but when awoke he felt completely spattered with bird shit” (3). “A gentle drizzle” is referring to the weather on the day of Santiago’s murder, “the weather was funereal, with a cloudy, low sky and the thick smell of still waters, and that at the moment of misfortune a thin drizzle was falling like the one Santiago Nasar had seen in his dream grove” (4).…

for Romeo and Juliet’s death? Many people may say it is their families feuding to blame. Others may say it is Romeo and Juliet themselves! There are many different explanations that would fit as an answer to this question.There are lots of people to blame for these lovers’ death. Although many people could be put to blame, There are three main…

thought about death? Do you fear it or accept it? The short story, “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe illustrates that no one can escape death no matter how rich or powerful they may be. Prince Prospero locks his palace with the remaining healthy knights and dames of his court inside, ignoring the “Red Death” ravaging the land. The theme in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson is also the inevitability of death. The difference is that the speaker embraces death…

Creech Walk Two Moons demonstrates how internal and external forces cause Sal to change and grow from the loss of her mother, to accepting that her mother is dead. Sal goes through a journey that is filled with both happy and sad memories of her life. Sal is sad that her mother died, but happy about the first day of school and making friends with Phoebe. Sal goes through many sad internal and external experiences. The sad events are brought about by tragedies in Sal’s life. There is darkness…

Fiddler Jones’s and Lucinda Matlock’s lives contrast in how they were constructed, their status, and what made them happy. Fiddler Jones lived a joyous, enriched life in which he did not regret anything and enjoyed listening to music. Fiddler was a farmer who did not work as diligently as he should have; nonetheless, he was happy and…

Everyone at some point grows old, however, how the elderly are treated and viewed in a society greatly varies depending on culture. Consequently, the way the elderly are cared for can be vastly different depending on the society in which they live. In some cultures, such as China, aging is celebrated, and the elderly are respected and cared for by family. While, in the United States, elders can be respected, but are often put into nursing homes, and are not cared for by their family. In The…

Beyond The Grave Death is a topic that all living beings on this earth will have to face. Mark Twain once said, “The fear of death follows from the fear of life.” Death is a subject that either inspires people to live life to the fullest and live everyday like it's their last or it's a subject that people are more comfortable not discussing. Many American's find it difficult to have this conversation with their loved ones because they do not want to have to think about life without them.…