Death

Death Essay #1: Death Are you one of the people that are afraid of Death' There are many people who are afraid of Death, and there are those who bid no fear to Death. Whether you are afraid of death or not, it is something that you cannot control, and ultimately, you will have to face it. In the two passages ‘Death be not Proud’ and ‘The Death of Ivan Illych,’ both Leo Tolstoy and John Donne use various literally techniques in order to show their dissimilar attitudes towards death. In selection one the writer is challenging death. He shows no fear whatsoever. On the contrary, he even looks down upon it. Donne gives us the impression of Death being inferior. Death is dishonored and given an impression of a being homeless and poor. In “Death be not Proud,” by John Donne, Death is even being pitied. Donne claims that death has no power over him or anybody else for that matter. The tone is daring and he seems to challenge death. “Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so” (line 2) This person is obviously fearless and confident about what he is saying about death. He is eagerly waiting for death, one, tone, line, donne, ivan, afraid, people, john, tolstoy, technique, shows, proud, person, literary, leo, just, fear, yet, while, toothache, tired, thou, think, sleep, rest, quote, poor, passage, illych, feared, door, cannot, called, being, author, accept, about, way, vanya, using, unwelcome, trying, time, though, thee, something, show, should