Death in literature
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| A 2003 television series portrays death a little differently from the norm. In the MGM production ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' an 18 year old girl dies only to find out that she will now become a Grim Reaper. These Grim Reapers are given information of who will die and when. They must then remove the soul from the body before that person dies. Afterwards, they send the soul on its way to the next life. The show makes "death" seem like a new beginning for some. The reapers are living dead persons who have to keep jobs and the like. They must stay out of death's way and do their job or terrible things happen. The entity that actually causes the deaths are little demons know as Gravelings. They are seemingly responsible for the incident that causes the persons death. The "Grim Reaper" is merely there to escort the dead's souls to the life hereafter. | A 2003 television series portrays death a little differently from the norm. In the MGM production ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' an 18 year old girl dies only to find out that she will now become a Grim Reaper. These Grim Reapers are given information of who will die and when. They must then remove the soul from the body before that person dies. Afterwards, they send the soul on its way to the next life. The show makes "death" seem like a new beginning for some. The reapers are living dead persons who have to keep jobs and the like. They must stay out of death's way and do their job or terrible things happen. The entity that actually causes the deaths are little demons know as Gravelings. They are seemingly responsible for the incident that causes the persons death. The "Grim Reaper" is merely there to escort the dead's souls to the life hereafter. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Children's books about death]] | ||
| + | *[[Maternal mortality in fiction]] | ||
| *[[Liebestod]] | *[[Liebestod]] | ||
| *[[The art of dying]] | *[[The art of dying]] | ||
| *''[[Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man]]'' | *''[[Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man]]'' | ||
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Death in popular fiction
In the present day, death is portrayed in many mediums of popular fiction. One of the most iconic portrayals is that of the 1957 film The Seventh Seal, by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. It is an influential (and heavily symbolic) movie depicting one of the most famous moments in the portrayal of Death. In the movie, a medieval knight returning from a crusade plays a game of chess with Death, with the knight's life depending upon the outcome of the game. American film critic Roger Ebert remarked that this image "[is] so perfect it has survived countless parodies."
An atypical personification of Death appears in The Sandman, a series of comic books written by Neil Gaiman, in which Death, one of the Endless, is depicted as a woman. The image and attire of The Endless change to match with the human styles of their current periods, and as such she appears in current era in the guise of a Goth girl. Throughout the different periods she is always shown wearing an Ankh around her neck.
A 2003 television series portrays death a little differently from the norm. In the MGM production Dead Like Me an 18 year old girl dies only to find out that she will now become a Grim Reaper. These Grim Reapers are given information of who will die and when. They must then remove the soul from the body before that person dies. Afterwards, they send the soul on its way to the next life. The show makes "death" seem like a new beginning for some. The reapers are living dead persons who have to keep jobs and the like. They must stay out of death's way and do their job or terrible things happen. The entity that actually causes the deaths are little demons know as Gravelings. They are seemingly responsible for the incident that causes the persons death. The "Grim Reaper" is merely there to escort the dead's souls to the life hereafter.
See also
- Children's books about death
- Maternal mortality in fiction
- Liebestod
- The art of dying
- Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man
