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To what extent does the literary representation of death refer to the extra-fictional, socio-historically constructed “Death”? Death in the German First War novels is only apparently, as Erika Quinn points out, veiled in absence, consequence of the social demand of silent mourning imposed to widows. If it is sure that death in literature
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Oct 22, 2019 · This chapter explains why humans create literary depictions of death, describes how imaginative meaning works in literature, characterizes the emotions evoked in literary depictions of death, and...
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death Literature offers insights into death, dying and mortality in multiple ways. One could argue that death is very useful to literature. While providing fictional encounters with death to its readers, the stories also use death in their narrations to create emotional effects, plot twists, suspense and mysteries.
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the reason a character dies related to the manner of death? Does the form these characters’ deaths take suggest anything about what Shakespeare understood tragedy to be, and how he went about writing it? In response to these questions, this essay presents two central ideas. First, Shakespeare dissemi-
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Feb 28, 2024 · By scrutinizing metaphorical intricacies, symbolism, and linguistic choices, the study aims to elucidate how Dickinson's portrayal of death diverges or aligns with the works of her peers.
What are the differences and similarities between representing death in literature and death representations in other connected fields? Are metaphors and literary representations of death forms of death denial, or, on the contrary, a more insightful way of capturing the meaning of death?
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The paper covers the symbolism of death, which seems to be largely overlooked, trivialized or narrowly read both by the public and by some authors of texts on contemporary aesthetics.
