The Death Be Not Proud
“Death Be Not Proud” presents an argument against the power of
death. Addressing Death as a person, the speaker warns Death against pride in
his power. Such power is merely an illusion, and the end Death thinks it brings
to men and women is in fact a rest from world-weariness for its alleged
“victims.” The poet criticizes Death as a slave to other forces: fate, chance,
kings, and desperate men. Death is not in control, for a variety of other
powers exercise their volition in taking lives. Even in the rest it brings,
Death is inferior to drugs. Finally, the speaker predicts the end of Death
itself, stating “Death, thou shalt die.”
The poet says that there
is no need for any person tobe afraid of death it is generally consider to be
mighty and dangerous but in reality it is neither mighty nor dangerous .
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