...Comparative Essay on Death When is it appropriate to die? is it actually at any point appropriate to die? if you could stop death and become Immortal wouldn't it be okay or would it be like cheating? Death is something that everyone will at some point encounter the poems 'Because I could not stop for Death' by Emily Dickinson and 'Death' by Rainer Maria Rilke play with our feelings concerning death they share the theme immortality by leading us trough the event making the Narrators immortal. Rilke's poem Death emphasizes the theme immortality by use of positive connotation and Metaphors for death. In the poem death is personified "before us great death stands" since death is not literary able to stand, furthermore it can also be a metaphor for the fact that we're all going to die someday. The poem then continues " Our fate held close within his hands" Death is portrayed as great and powerful, since he holds 'their' fate in his hands. You would probably have to posses some divine power to hold someone's faith in your hands. During the next three lines the context change, by portraying the 'us' as happy and with a feeling of immortality. therefore the theme of poem evolves , as the 'us' reaches a feeling of ecstasy hence their fate lies no more in the hands of death as they reach such divine power as they" lift life's red wine, to drink deep of the mystic shining cup" which also could be a reference to the last supper. Moving on to the fifth and last line death bows and weeps...
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...positive. I. What is death penalty? A. Methods of execution. B. The history of the death penalty. II. How do you got put on the death row “death penalty” A. What state uses what method? B. What states don’t use any method? III. What do the people think about the death penalty in the U.S.? A. Why are people for the death penalty? B. Why are people against the death penalty? Conclulusion-The death penalty isn’t the right way to go for punishment after a crime it just as worse as the person that committed the crime. Fighting Crime with Murder The death penalty is a common topic and one of the major’s topics today. This research paper as you can already see is about the death penalty and it will show and tell what it is, how it works also how it is wrong because, two wrongs do not make a right even though two negatives make positive. I have learned many of things about the death penalty more than what I expected to learn. I hope by you reading my research paper you will learn how the death penalty isn’t the right way to go just like abortions some people say abortions are right but not the death penalty or the other way around it does not make any sense they both are murdering someone. Yes, the person on the death penalty did something wrong to get there but like I said before two wrongs does not make a right. Make them suffer in the prisons for what they have done instead of dying painless. Also now days you never can tell if that person...
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...directly, the overarching theme of The Art of Dying deals with a “good death” and thusly exerting no small amount of influence on ones departure from this life and surrounding circumstances. In dealing with the emotions surrounding the death process, the reader is given tools that result in some small measure of control that inevitably leads to contemplation of euthanasia. In what I would term a most compassionate manner, Patricia Weenolsen takes the reader on a journey through the end of life, helping the reader to prepare for the final pages of this life. Keywords: euthanasia, death, dying, Patricia Weenolsen Introduction In her book, The Art of Dying: How to Leave This World With Dignity and Grace, at Peace With Yourself and Your Loved Ones, Patricia Weenolsen, Ph.D. delivers a compelling argument for euthanasia that will cause readers to consider the manner in which they choose to leave this life both physically and mentally. While arguments can be made against euthanasia, the ability of terminally ill patients of sound mind to make an autonomous decision concerning their death cannot be ignored, and the case should be made that euthanasia should be an option available in certain instances. Utilizing the thematic approach of Ms Weenolsen, this paper will analyze euthanasia and advance a moderate view of euthanasia, integrating the principles of autonomy and civil rights. The Good Death The concept...
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...Death in Paganism Pagans believe that death is such an important process in nature that, without it, life could not exist. From the moment of birth the cells in the body are endlessly dying and being replaced. They believe that the body that dies is not the body that was born. we continuously shed and rework our appearance, our attitudes and our habits as we change from one stage of life to the next. The person that dies is only one of the many people we became throughout our lives. Many Pagan’s believe that if they are to be able to think beyond the conventional view of death, they need to ask themselves if the fear of death is rooted in an earlier, version of themselves that should have been let go. It is understood that each person needs to seek other ways in which to view both life and death; There are a few different ways for Pagans to see life and death, all of them are cyclical patterns, involving that same necessary change. The Wheel of Life The first way to see life and death is called The Wheel of Life. The Wheel of Life tells us that our existence is a constant pattern of cyclical change. Life is constantly changing into death and each moment of death is a moment of rebirth. They acknowledge beginnings and endings within this wheel, but the flow of existence is never-ending. The Wheel of Life is not only a figurative notion but a physical tool as well. The tool itself is a sacred tool often passed down through the family and is unique to each family. That...
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...old European man to which he explains was in response to his mother’s common saying of “For the love of God, what are you going to do next!”, further justification of his piece was to represent the embracement of death that was demonstrated by Mexican culture- most predominantly shown by the Aztecs. Hirst states ‘you don’t like [death], so you disguise it or you decorate it to make it look something bearable- to such an extent that it becomes something else.’, this statement certainly voices out our reactions towards his piece, we focus more towards the fact that the skull has been encrusted with diamonds more than the concept it is trying to serve. But are his intentions really just to achieve the idea of accepting death? Isn’t he just showing off his excessive use of spending? Was it really necessary for him to do such a thing? What does this say about his character? Death is viewed differently by different people. How does Damien Hirst view it or how he feels about it? Taken from an interview (http://www.damienhirst.com/texts/20071/feb--huo), Damien Hirst expresses his hate for death and views it as though it was a person, a rival of his. Considering the fact that Hirst does not create the artworks himself and makes other people to implement his ideas into reality- illustrates the reason as to why he may hate it; purely because he cannot control it. “but you can always rely on something like a cigarette – which punctuates your whole existence time and time again – to be the...
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...The effects of behaviour and development when a child suffer from a bereavement The loss of someone close through death is a traumatic and painful event for the majority of people. For many children and young people the death of a parent, sibling, friend or relative can be extremely difficult because of the child’s inability to understand and articulate their feelings. Similarly young people who have been bereaved whilst they are on the cusp of adulthood can find the emotions that they are experiencing to be frighteningly intense. Grief is individual and the processes of mourning are never the same between two people. However some of the responses to death and bereavement can be similar depending on the age, level of comprehension, relationship with the person who has died and the emotional resilience of the mourner. The following responses are common Alternating play and sadness Members of the school staff may be the first to recognise changes in the bereaved child or young person’s behaviour outside of their immediate family, who may not have noticed if they too are grieving. Young children may appear to be sad and withdrawn one minute then might begin playing with building blocks or dolls the next. This is because unlike adults, bereaved children do not possess the emotional reserves to grieve continuously and they will need respite from their grief. Play allows the bereaved child to shift their focus from their grief, albeit for a short while, until they are sufficiently...
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...that choice she passed quietly in her sleep in the wee hours of the morning. But it got me to thinking how many timeshave you heard someone say they had to put their pet to sleep because they were sick and suffering, in pain, there was nothing left to do but be merciful and put them out of their misery. Why is it that we, as human beings, have more compassion for our animals than we do for our loved ones? Through advanced directives and Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of 1985 aperson is allowed to declare a living will specifying that, if the situation arises, he or she does not wish to be kept alive through life support. This essentially means someone can chose not toreceive treatment or have efforts made to keep them alive. But they cannot choose to die how and when they want. Have you ever sat with someone who is dying? In the healthcare industry I encounter this quite often. Patients can experience extreme pain, so much so, that even opiates will notalleviate it or they become almost totally unresponsive due to the drugs in their system. Most lose the desire to eat or ability to swallow, making consuming food and drinking impossible, so food is withheld resulting in weight and muscle loss, and they linger until the body can no longer sustain itself. Organs begin to fail; the kidneys shutdown causing decrease urine output and the urine become a thick dark brownish color, along with loss of bladder and bowel control. Skinbreakdown often occurs resulting in bedsores...
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...they will and should be punished accordingly for their crime. Capital punishment has been a controversial issue since the beginning of our nation’s history. Executions began in a much more inhumane way then what we see today. We began with hangings and as of 1888 New York began to build the first electric chair. The death sentence was evolving into a more humane a civil way to carry out a sentence. Further down the line we developed other ways such as cyanide gas, and what is legal in most states today, the lethal injection. Does the person who just raped and mutilated a fourteen year old girl deserve a human death? She didn’t die with humility or dignity. She died in cold blood. If that was your daughter how would you feel in respects to her killer receiving a lethal injection as his final sentence? Is the Death penalty the easy way out for these criminals? Should these people be rotting in jail to suffer for the rest of their natural lives, or should they be given the death penalty to rest in peace. If you could put your self in the killer’s shoes, would you wish to be sentenced to life in jail or to the death penalty? I stand strongly against the death penalty. I believe it is in fact the easy way out. Just as a suicide victim...
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... Socrates uses his theory of opposites to prove the immortality of the soul by taking not only humans, but also animals and our surroundings into account. For example, the opposite of sleep is awake like good contradicts with evil. Moreover, Socrates says in all opposites there is the need for the other. Meaning, without something having an opposite, it is not real. For one to become greater, it must have started less, and vice versa. Being better is brought from the state of acting worse as more just is from the more unjust. Also, being one thing also means not being another. The two universal opposites go from one opposite to the other then back again. Being alive means not being dead. When dead, one cannot be alive. And as sleeping is generated out of waking and waking is generated out of sleeping, being asleep means not being awake. These examples prove how they equally involve a passage into and out of one another. Without the other, none would exist. In obvious belief, death can only be brought by life. However, Socrates goes more in depth by saying that and it vice versa, life is brought by death. Meaning, our souls are immoral because they forever live on after the body dies. 4. Explain the theory of recollection and show how Socrates thinks it proves the preexistence of the soul? The theory of recollection is the idea that everything we learn has already been tought to us in our previous life, yet we forgot it. For example, we are born with the understanding of equality...
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...was released he started working out in a local gym with some youth in the community. He was attempting to keep them off the streets and out of prison. The gym Bozella was working out in was later closed down leaving him and the youth no where to go. He now dreams of one day opening his own gym to help the at-risk children. He also dreamed of getting a professional fight. He got his chance to box in a professional fight and he won. The Innocence Project has a hard time freeing the innocent because evidence is often destroyed, eye-witnesses are unreliable, and DNA testing was not always available. After a case is finished and someone is in prison, evidence gets destroyed to make room for more evidence in other cases. This makes it impossible to retrieve to help prove the innocence of some of the wrongfully convicted. Eye-witnesses are often wrong in giving descriptions and choosing out of a line up. They say when an eye-witness identifies the suspect in a line-up where all the people are revealed to the witness at once, the witness is often overwhelmed and chooses the wrong one. The way to solve this problem would be to have the suspects walk out one at a time so the eye-witness can take time to see each one alone. They also suggest that the cop that is in the room with the witness should not be aware of who the suspect is because he can give hint to which one if he knows. I think these should be written into laws to help protect people who have been arrested get a fair trial....
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...Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;-- Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around-- Earth and her waters, and the depths of air,-- Comes a still voice--Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that hourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolv'd to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrend'ring up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to th' insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone--nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou...
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...The God Father death is a modern tale of the seven deadly sins. This story is of a poor man with twelve children. He can barely afford to provide for these children when his wife conceives a thirteenth child. This can be related to gluttony, the overindulgence in anything. Upon the birth of this thirteenth child, the poor man figures out that if he can secure a good godfather for the child then the child will be well off. The man is now looking for someone to be the godfather for his new child. After he turns down God and the devil for the job, he chooses Death to be the child’s godfather. Death promises the man wealth and fame for his child. This is a sign of greed. Because of his godfather, the child grows up to become a world renowned physician. He has wealth and fame. Death has given the doctor specific orders in who he could save with his medicine and who he could not. The doctor has been obeyed the rules of Death. One day the king becomes ill and the famous doctor is summoned. Death decides that the doctor cannot help the king with his medicine, but the doctor helps the king anyway. He did this because of the wealth and fame that he would get for helping the king. This is greed. Death forgives the doctor, but warns him not to disobey him again. Then the king’s daughter gets sick. She is very beautiful, and the doctor wants her hand in marriage. This is lust. Death decides that the daughter cannot be saved. The doctor saves her anyway. This makes Death angry. So the...
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...considered to begin at about age 65. Erik Erikson suggests that at this time it is important to find meaning and satisfaction in life rather than to become bitter and disillusioned, that is, to resolve the conflict of integrity vs despair . It has been estimated that by the year 2030, Americans over 65 will make up 20% of the population. Despite the problems associated with longevity, studies of people in their 70s have shown that growing old is not necessarily synonymous with substantial mental or physical deterioration. Many older people are happy and engaged in a variety of activities. Generology, an interdisciplinary field that studies the process of aging and the aging population, involves psychology, biology, sociology, and other fields. People typically reach the peak of their physical strength and endurance during their twenties and then gradually decline. In later adulthood, a variety of physiological changes may occur, including some degree of atrophy of the brain and a decrease in the rate of neural processes. The respiratory and circulatory systems are less efficient, and changes in the gastrointestinal tract may lead to increased constipation. Bone mass diminishes, especially among women, leading to bone density disorders such as osteoporosis. Muscles become weaker unless exercise programs are followed. The skin dries and becomes less flexible. Hair loss occurs in both sexes. There is also decreased sensitivity in all of the sensory modalities, including olfaction, taste...
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...In The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, the feeling is sorrow by the end of the story. In the story the author writes, “And one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall.” This quote proves that the feeling brought is sorrow because of Poe’s choice of words. Poe describes that everyone is “dropping” or dying, due to the Red Death. This brings sorrow because when a person dies, family and friends always feel the pain and sorrow. Throughout the story Poe also uses the words such as bedewed and despairing to create a mood. Both of these words resemble death and death brings a lot of sorrow and pain to individuals. Another quotes that proves sorrow is, “And...
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...Ross explains the five stages as follows: Denial which is usually the first stage, where the person can’t believe that it is happening to them. Anger person may become angry with themselves, family members, network or even God. Holding everyone responsible for their plight (Kubler-Ross, 2014). They begin to bargain/negotiate with God to allow me to make it thru this situation or allow me to stay around long enough to make sure my family will be safe (Kubler-Ross, 2014). They become depressed and despondent giving up hope as well as all sense of positivity (Kubler-Ross, 2014). The last and final stage is acceptance of their fate. They have made peace with God and their inner circle, most importantly with themselves (Kubler-Ross, 2014). Although the Kubler-Ross model is a process for dealing with death, she original wrote it as stages dealing with any form of major personal loss (Larry Menkes). All cultures handle death differently, In Switzerland they accept death as a part of life. They compare it with birth, as a process and people are allowed to die at home surrounded by family and friends, instead of wasting away at a hospital as its done here in the United States. They focus more on the patient’s acceptance of what is going on with their emotional balance and less on high tech medicine. In Mexico death is also celebrated by the family and friends. There is a national holiday every year from October 31 thru November 2. It...
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