Literature and Death

Literature and Death

Emily Dickinson

According to Dickinson, paradise is accessible to all. From this point of view it is an asset, something we cannot say the earthly paradise that has two possible interpretations as it can be considered the point of separation between God and her but is also seen as confirmation of their momentary union with God, who often is associated with the mythological figure of Phoebus and therefore the solar body. In this sense are important poems dealing with the sunset. It has been said that for Dickinson the decline is the revelation of a mystery supreme standard and that she considered him the closest thing a human can be God. But the twilight, like paradise on earth, is again offering a double meaning can be interpreted as antagonistic as a betrayal of the Father to his promise, but may involve further that after his death that seems to evoke the decline will be a resurrection later, we recall that the double meaning of certain antagonistic components of the literary work and treatment of the theme of redemption, among others, is himself an iconic work of American literature such as Moby Dick (Parini, 2004).

Edgar Allan Poe

Inescapable terror of life, completely dominating the world as a man of the realm of madness, death and decay as the supreme power of a predetermined cruel destiny of man - this is the content of the "scary stories" on. Death as a manifestation of the supernatural (the death of a beautiful woman in a mysterious situation) is this theme of the story Ligeia, one of the best stories of Poe. It raised the problem of overcoming death, miraculous, mysterious resurrection of Ligeia. In the short story Berenice, a hermit, contemplative Aegeus was filled with manic idea that he must have perfect ...