Reincarnation

Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In these three works the former concept is thoroughly discussed. These books revolve around the question of death and how it can affect people’s lives currently. A common theme amongst these books is the depressing, dull picture of a life that is not lived in surrender to God Almighty. In The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy outlines White’s desire to escape into a world of nothingness. White…

“ It was the season of Light; it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. ” Either way, Dr.Manette was recalled to life, not sleep. He was recalled to sanity, not senselessness. He was recalled to love, not loathe. He was recalled to comfortability, not discomfort. Dr. Alexandre Manette was an ethical doctor with a…

In this essay I will be stating three different arguments first, the relationship between the body and the soul in the Phaedo. Second, I will be stating how Plato’s argument from affinity support his view. And last but not least, the reason why a true philosopher is unafraid of death. There are two classes of things, visible and invisible. Visible things are those we know that exist because they have a form and the invisible things are those we cannot see, they have no form. Many people…

The song, “Be My Escape”, by Relient K, uses one main poetic device to convey the story that the speaker is telling: metaphor. Throughout the poem, the speaker illustrates that they are locked inside a house. We are told that they know how to get out, because they know who has the key, however they are afraid of what lies beyond their safe walls out in the world. They initially think that they know what is best for themselves. Eventually they come to the conclusion that they must take the chance…

We all have regrets in life, but the way we learn from these regrets can have a different impact on the way we live. As humans we are not perfect, and we make mistakes that can lead to becoming regrets in our lives. We have two choices in life: we can look at our regrets and cry over it, or we can look at our regrets and learn from it. We can really see how different types of people have different regrets in life through Dylan Thomas’ poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”. Although the…

Sunsets, evenings, a skeleton, sleep, anesthetic, gravestones, an old man or woman, a stopped clock, coffin, the depth of the see - the void, all of these, are symbols of death or the fear of it. What lies after death is an enigma to all of us, expect the cases when we had a near death experience. However, the archetype of death is not entirely in connection with the physical death. The archetype of death is about our observation of death in other beings; our cognition of it based on our…

Death is an end. Death is a final note in a song, or a final sentence in a book. Most people fear death and cannot come to terms with what death really is. If a book had no ending would any one read it? Without death there is no tale and there is no importance in the life that people live. Death gives meaning to the world around us and it need not be feared as much as people believe. If time were not relevant to a life, that life would not hold the same meaning as a life that has an ending. In…

It all happened in a second. The difference between life and death. He chose life, even though it cost another’s. His choice was to save himself. And not his friend. His failure to save his friend K, was human error, and it was utterly inevitable. When faced with the decision to save his own life over another innocent person's life, it is reasonable to say that the survivor to say they did all they could. And he did. He made a point to call out to K and K didn’t respond. Some say that there was…

A rebel, pioneer, recluse, and one of the founders of an idea that would sweep the world. No, it is not Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson is one of the most influential writers of the industrial era, as she was one of the first writers to use the concept of transcendentalism in her works. This means writing about all aspects of life, even the mundane, the vulgar, and the ugly as she realized that this style of writing more closely resembles life than the classic, formal style…

Death is considered part of the life cycle. There are many different ideas and opinions about death. Within the three poems “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant, “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, and “Dust In The Wind” by Kansas, the writers all refer to death. Even though the topics of the poems are similar, they all have different points of view towards death. The first poem, “Thanatopsis”, tends to glorify life. In the poem, nature talks to the reader about death and how your…