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    Emily Dickinson

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    Emily Dickinson Albert Camus once said‚ “A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.” Camus means that a work of art is what an artist uses to confess what is deeply in his or her art. Artists use their talents to express the emotion they are feeling or expressed the emotion they’ve felt before. Artists even use their life experiences as inspiration to their art. They want to bring a certain message into their art so other people can understand the true emotion behind the

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    end of the body; the soul will still continue to exist. He believes in the immortality of the soul similar to Christian view. Christians believe that the soul would continue to exist‚ and the body is just a vessel of the soul. Thus‚ there is an afterlife where the souls proceed to three places‚ the heaven‚ purgatory‚ and hell. Those people who are doing well when they still alive‚ they will be put to heaven. While those who do not do well‚ they will be put to hell. Death is not really something

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    After reading the Introduction‚ Rachelle M. Smith made some valid points on how Western society treats death. According to Smith‚ Western society doesn’t bring up the topic about death. I think that it’s difficult for people to have a conversation about death because there is a lot of unknown information about death which can result in the fear of death. Like Rachel M. Smith stated‚ if more people have a better understanding of death then it will be viewed as a natural process. After reading this

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    Hamlet Soliloquies

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    IV.           Hamlet -       Questioning his purpose in life “To be or not to be” -       “Outrageous fortune” -       Death is easier and more peaceful than life. He equivocates death with sleep. -       “Undiscovered country” fear of the afterlife. -       Questions the legitimacy of the ghost “No travelers return.” V.             Hamlet -       Praying to himself that he might have the will to not murder his own mother like Nero did. -       “Cruel not unnatural” & “Speak daggers to her

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    Views Towards Death

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    Different views towards death Different people hold different views about life and death. The nihilists believe that death is the end of life. Nothing will be left after death‚ and body will just dissolve and nothing will be left. Others have a different believe. Some of them believe there will be heaven and hell. There are also some people who believe that after death‚ one would reincarnate and to be born as a living thing again. I believe that a person will just decade after death. Nihilism is

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    Death is an odd thing‚ humans do not know what waits for them the moment their hearts stop beating‚ they do not know where they’ll end up going- but death is a common topic. Whether it be in movies or writing‚ death has made its impression on the world; especially on poet Emily Dickinson. Dickinson’s poems‚ “I heard a Fly buzz- when I died” and “Because I could not stop for Death” focus on a consistent theme of death and her own curiosity on what it might be like to die herself. Dickinson’s life

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    leaves your body temporarily and then returns to your remains every night. In order for this to happen‚ the body needs to be intact or their afterlife would be jeopardized. The Egyptians spent majority of their time on death as they prepared for it‚ having elaborate funeral activities‚ and making sure that they lived a happy life so their journey in the afterlife will be happy as well.

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    Hamlet’s transitioning perspective of death Anna Soderholm American Author Mark Twain once said‚ “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Since the beginning of time‚ death has been a controversial topic. Whether the concept is being questioned amongst a group or internally‚ it can drive a person insane. Throughout the play ‘Hamlet’‚ Hamlet goes through several experiences that twist his idea of death. In the beginning‚ he is visited

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    In fact‚ people from most major religions‚ and many different civilizations‚ have some belief in the afterlife. Rowe begins the article by pointing out that over time several conceptions of the afterlife have emerged. “Varieties of Immortality‚” looks at the most predominant‚ and begins with those that appear in ancient Greece. One is the Homeric and the other is the Platonic. The Homeric view is that

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    body in the finest clothes. Sacrifices are another important role of the family in the burial ceremony. It is common for the children to sacrifice animals such as dogs‚ cats‚ parrots‚ and eagles to assure their parents’ safety and power in their afterlife (Hauser 1). Finally‚ another role that the family plays is the meal and music. Drums play and feasts are made by all of the women so that the widows and their families will not go

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