Definition:
Death is the the act of dying, and the state of being dead. Death happens when the heartbeat stops, when breathe is no more, when the brainwaves cease, or when the machine is turned off. A great many euphemisms have been invented to explain or to give us a language to talk about death. We say the person passed away.
Writers have created dramatic scenes of death and dying. Beowulf was killed in his final battle; Othello killed his wife; Madame Bovary killed herself with poison; and Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves. A charater may die on the battle front, in the pursuit of a heroic or meaningful cause, or he/she may take his/her own life in desperation and dispair. However tragic or comic, the death is still an end. Some believe that death is only the beginning, but that's for another discussion. Suffice it to say, death happens a lot in literature. We personify Death. He becomes the Grim Reaper, the monster/being who takes souls away upon death. Emily Dickinson writes, "Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me..."
Death is the the act of dying, and the state of being dead. Death happens when the heartbeat stops, when breathe is no more, when the brainwaves cease, or when the machine is turned off. A great many euphemisms have been invented to explain or to give us a language to talk about death. We say the person passed away.
Writers have created dramatic scenes of death and dying. Beowulf was killed in his final battle; Othello killed his wife; Madame Bovary killed herself with poison; and Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves. A charater may die on the battle front, in the pursuit of a heroic or meaningful cause, or he/she may take his/her own life in desperation and dispair. However tragic or comic, the death is still an end. Some believe that death is only the beginning, but that's for another discussion. Suffice it to say, death happens a lot in literature. We personify Death. He becomes the Grim Reaper, the monster/being who takes souls away upon death. Emily Dickinson writes, "Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me..."
Also Known As:
cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, finish, grim reaper, paradise, repose.
cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, finish, grim reaper, paradise, repose.
