Towards an Anodynic Concept of Death: A Comparative Study of a Selection of English & Arabic Poetry.? Interaction
This study examines the phenomenon of ?Death? in a sample of English and
Arabic poetry in the 16th and 17th centuries. The poets in question present mostly a positive
view of death that helps them come to terms with it by neutralizing its fears. In the sample
of poems, death is viewed as a gateway to a better life in the hereafter and as a welcomed
visitor that will put an end to one?s miseries in this life. In light of such view, death loses its
fearful image and its destructive power.