In Death

The Vision of Death in Emily Dickinson’s poems “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—” and “Because I could not stop for Death—” In the poems “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—”and “Because I could not stop for Death---” poet Emily Dickinson depicts two beliefs (views?) regarding her vision of death and dying. She also expresses her view of life by looking through the lens of death. In Emily Dickinson’s poems, she portrays two different views on life. In “I heard a Fly buzz---when I died---” she…

Life After Death Most people don’t think about what happens after someone dies. Do they go to Heaven or Hell? Is there a Heaven or Hell? When will death come upon us? Nobody knows the true answer until it actually happens, but there isn’t a way for people to tell us once they’re dead. In the picture above if you look from a distance you can see a skull but when up close you can see a woman sitting in front of her makeup vanity desk looking into the mirror. Death is all around us and can come at…

Leo Tolstoy’s story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, is a story that takes the reader on a journey through a man’s life and death. Life and death are two of the most rewarding and scariest things that we have to face in our lives while on Earth, but what if you are coming close to death and realize that the life you have lived was not true to yourself. Would you want to hold onto it or let it go? Life and death must coexist for us to live a life we are pleased with and our lives on Earth are only…

Death As Inevitability In ‘Totem’ Plath once described this poem as “a pile of interconnected images like a totem pole” (Padel, 2013). Even the title resounds a spiritual significance. A totem is kinship related, and the interconnected images that compose the poetic totem explore an almost ritual, visceral blood relationship to death in which all life forms are implicated. Life, thus, is adopted as an emblem for death. Plath’s Totem is in fact a culmination of her fatalistic attitude, the…

can be argued that Death with Dignity is closely regulated and the “law's multiple safeguards specifically require and guarantee direct patient involvement” (“Death with Dignity Acts”). Euthanasia, ambiguous at best, is “deliberate killing committed under the impulse of compassion” and is a direct contrast to the Death with Dignity laws where the patient administers the medication himself (Diaconescu 474). Euthanasia is a “concept that often implies a person's involuntary death” and is illegal…

The Real Enemy is Death Some people dwell on living much longer. Emily Dickinson is one of those low-spirited person. In spite of, she is one of the most distinguished, brilliant, and grandiose, American authors in the history of history. Emily was talented with writing and also she was well-known for her deserted companionship. It is true that Dickinson was lonely, but it is also true that her alarmingly uneventful life is reflected in letters and poems, not in known actions. Emily Dickinson’s…

we get older the thought of death begins to creep into our mind. The thought of dying one day makes us question whether our accomplishments will mean anything at all. The same troubled Lev Tolstoy, a Russian novelist. In his late middle age, Tolstoy began to question the meaning of his life. He claimed in his book, A Confession, that the inevitability of death means all human accomplishment is in vain. In this paper, I will argue that Tolstoy is wrong because while death is inevitable, human…

I am sitting in a rocking chair, in front of the fire place. I am hear the creak as I go back and forth and the crackling sound of the fire. I keep thinking of her. The beautiful maiden that used to be my daughter. I still think about her, and every detail that she had. My daughter’s name was Grace. At the time she was dating a boy. She never talked about him, just mention his name a few times. It was until four years ago her boyfriend has caught my attention. That day was the day he killed…

A woman by the name of Naomi had a husband who then died, and after he died her two sons also died. Naomi told her daughters to leave to seek out a husband because she could not bare her sons to marry them, because they were dead. Naomi believed that the Lord was out to get her. Ruth, Naomi’s daughter in law tried helping Naomi, but she refused to let Ruth follow in her path. Boaz then grew fawn of Ruth, supplying her with water and gifts. Boaz saw how giving Ruth was and he explained that God…

Death has always and will always be part of a human's life. Lots of things that are said or done can glorify life or death but there are three that either do both or just talk about one, “Dust in the wind” by Kansas, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant. The three poems have three different perspectives on death. All of the messages are similar but they all have a different intended point for each. All of the messages are similar because they…