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Mortality and the fear of death

The human confrontation with finitude — the desire to transcend, deny, or make meaning of death.

Mortality and the fear of death in fiction: 4 works

  1. The hero faces constant threats of death from mythical creatures and perils, emphasizing the fragility of human life.

  2. It examines how endless life drains meaning from existence.

  3. The survivors long for the death AM denies them, making mortality a mercy withheld.

  4. The 'half-life' preservation of the dead blurs the boundary between living and gone.

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