In his portrayal of death, Donne finds death to be easily manipulated by saying that it is "slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men" (Donne, 971). Most people have some fear of death and I think that Donne's bold way of "making fun of" death is his coping mechanism against the reality that it death. He is trying to make it smaller and weaker in his mind so that it doesn't scare him as badly. Calling death a slave is rather ironic since it is common knowledge that we cannot escape death. We may be able to postpone it or even challenge it in a mockng manner, but we can never fully escape it.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Death, be not proud
"Death, be not proud" by John Donne
In his portrayal of death, Donne finds death to be easily manipulated by saying that it is "slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men" (Donne, 971). Most people have some fear of death and I think that Donne's bold way of "making fun of" death is his coping mechanism against the reality that it death. He is trying to make it smaller and weaker in his mind so that it doesn't scare him as badly. Calling death a slave is rather ironic since it is common knowledge that we cannot escape death. We may be able to postpone it or even challenge it in a mockng manner, but we can never fully escape it.
In his portrayal of death, Donne finds death to be easily manipulated by saying that it is "slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men" (Donne, 971). Most people have some fear of death and I think that Donne's bold way of "making fun of" death is his coping mechanism against the reality that it death. He is trying to make it smaller and weaker in his mind so that it doesn't scare him as badly. Calling death a slave is rather ironic since it is common knowledge that we cannot escape death. We may be able to postpone it or even challenge it in a mockng manner, but we can never fully escape it.
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