Death Essays

Death is a shared human experience and therefore a universal theme in literature.  Poetry, fiction, and drama venture into the dark recesses of life by exploring the inevitable fate of everyone and everything that breathes.  Death differs from person to person and the treatment of death in literature differs from …

            The Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague that wreaked a wide swath of death throughout Europe and the Mediterranean area in 1347 through 1351 (MSN Encarta, 2008). Although the plague can be transmitted or carried by a variety of rodents, such as …

            Death is mostly a terrible thing. The unknown aspect of this next phase in the journey of life brings much trepidation and much labor in trying to prepare for the inevitable. Since the mere mention of the word death causes a lot of anxiety, it is not surprising then …

As the more stable counterpart to an inconsistent southern neighbor, the United States has always had a suspicious outlook towards Mexico. In recent years, the boost in illegal immigration, the unstable economies in both countries and the issues resulting from drug use and trade have added tension to the already …

Write an analytical paper consisting of exegetical and critical analysis of Tolstoy’s ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’.  Focus on the notion of authenticity in life and in human relationships. What is Tolstoy saying about these matters and what does his commentary have to say about modern culture? Use sources like …

The Great Japanese writer-novelist noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu had written the beautiful story of The Tale of Genji. The Tale of Genji is considered by some as the first modern novel but there has been much debate on that topic. Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji had undergone many translations …

            Randall Jarrell’s The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner is a five-lined poem which narrates the equally short life of a ball turret gunner who is killed while in action, firing shots from inside a ball turret of a bomber aircraft during a war encounter. Afterwards, his remains are …

Introduction Thesis Statement:             The novel of Leo Tolstoy 1981 entitled The Death of Ivan Ilych has provided several arguments that sprung up throughout several critiques and analysis that occurred together with the literary piece.             The primary theme of the novel involves the main condition of death as it …

The Book of the Dead, is a collection of funerary text which Ancient Egyptians refer to as “the spell for coming forth of day.” This title refers to the ancient belief that the deceased take a whole night to travel to the realms of the dead; and the spirit shall …

Chronicle of a death foretold is less like a novel and more of a report. A reader would have to acknowledge that the narrator establishes a scandal. It is made apparent throughout the novel that the investigator is a member of the community in which all the events of the …