The Living Death

The subject of my work is "The Living Death: Representation of Life Affected by Death in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson." I argued that her speaker's life is immersed in sorrow while she anticipates and desires death. In the first chapter I described her accuracy in depicting the beauty of the surrounding world. However, beauty as well as the feeling of happiness are short-living states, as the speaker admits herself by finishing each of them with a pessimistic view of life. In the second chapter I concentrated on Dickinson's fears and obsessions which cause her existential pain. In this chapter I also wanted to show her criticism towards God who is not interested in his followers, thereby cares only about himself. In the third chapter I concentrated on death and how the speaker presents it. Moreover, I depicted grave as a reoccurring symbol in her poetry. As I concluded, death in Dickinson's poetry is omnipresent and, more importantly, omnipotent.

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Dabrowka Anna Ulatowska graduated from American Studies at the University of Gdäsk. She was honored to be entitled the top student in the course. Her areas of interest are concentrated around American literature and politics. Her upcoming MA thesis will develop the subject of freedom in the speeches of American politicians.

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The subject of my work is The Living Death: Representation of Life Affected by Death in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson. I argued that her speaker s life is immersed in sorrow while she anticipates and desires death. In the first chapter I described her accuracy in depicting the beauty of the surrounding world. However, beauty as well as the feeling of happiness are short-living states, as the speaker admits herself by finishing each of them with a pessimistic view of life. In the second chapter I concentrated on Dickinson s fears and obsessions which cause her existential pain. In this chapter I also wanted to show her criticism towards God who is not interested in his followers, thereby cares only about himself. In the third chapter I concentrated on death and how the speaker presents it. Moreover, I depicted grave as a reoccurring symbol in her poetry. As I concluded, death in Dickinson s poetry is omnipresent and, more importantly, omnipotent.