Essays on Death

Many ages ago before doom was awaiting, there was a young gorgeous lady with the name Proserpina. Proserpina was living in loneliness and isolation not only from herself but also from everyone around her. She could not leave the nymphs sea nor her mother. As…

Our body allows us to feel fear to protect ourselves. But what is fear? A real fear would be something that involves a life and death situation but if that’s the case, why do we fear so many other things? Most times, the things we…

Gauri Lankesh murder case Last year (2017) well known activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed in front of her house when she was returning from her office on 5th of September, lankesh was the editor of her own magazine Lankesh Patrike, which is a…

In the UK the prices of funerals have astronomically, by 112%, since 2004. The rising costs are putting pressure on citizens to find money to pay for a respectful ceremony. In addition to this the recently deceased often fail to leave behind an adequate amount…

Every day, someone dies, death is permanent, and no one can come back from it. Death is an unavoidable aspect of life. Everyone will encounter death in various ways throughout their life, but every death has unique effects on others within a community. According to…

Death confirms and perpetuates rather than transfiguring or challenging the existing social values that pertain to gender. According to a study by Malkiel (2014), in comparing obituaries, there was a higher number of men whose obituaries were accompanied by their photographs, as compared to those…

It had been a particularly long day for Death. He had been rushing around in his zone all day long collecting the souls. The counter for the souls to be taken was unusually high today. He drove around on his bike, wore a grey shirt…

Death and loss come to each person at some time or another, no matter our worldview. How we process grief is often dictated by the perspective from which we see the world. As Christians, we “do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have…

Death is inevitable and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it from occurring and due to everyone eventually dying at one point in time, burials are something that is very often thought of. Burial is a ritualistic act that places the corpse of…