THE REBIRTH OF DEATH

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 Greetings All,
      In class today we were asked to pick a question from the list stated here. Can you guess which one i picked ? Also i looked in my recient blogs and some were along the lines of each and every blog it say SO.. (lol) Being that i noticed that i will try and refrain from saying that. (random).

   The tarot card of ‘Death’ is often said to represent not an actual literal or physical death but a spiritual metaphorical death. The same could be said for the “death” of hero. In philosophy a lot of the time death is representative of the end of a cycle of phase. Many people consider death to be a negative thing, but in some contexts death is actually very much a positive. Death of an old relationship or death of an era shines light on new beginnings and possibilities. In Much Ado About Nothing, the death of Hero is greatly symbolic even beyond the obvious description. By her “dying” Claudio’s feelings about the alleged adultery are forced into the backseat, whereas his grief and love for her are brought into the forefront. He mourns the death of his love while absolving her supposed sins. Often when people die, everyone magically forgets the bad and somehow only remembers the good. By Hero dying she is in a sense becoming reborn, like the phoenix rising up from the ashes she will become something better that what she was. 

         It is not only manipulative but it is in a sense cruel to have someone believe someone is dead just to amend their thoughts. The ending is obviously happy with Claudio meeting Hero’s “cousin” who is merely Hero is disguise, but it is a mean prank to put someone though such emotional turmoil to do so. Nevertheless, the love and heartbreak that occurred before died with the old Hero and it was replaced with the happy adulation of a blushing couple. Death isn’t always to be feared, as sometimes death can guide us to a rebirth and a world full of new possibilities.