Emily Dickinson focuses on the essential truth of death in Because I Could Not Stop for Death... and attacks this idea that we have to fear death. The language and plot of the poem is such that one does not get a bad feeling when death comes to the door. Instead, death is kind and what transpires as he comes to take her is more like a first date rather than this horrible experience. Death is not something to fear. Death while not necessarily welcome is accepted and met with no fear when it comes knocking at the door.
I agree with the author on the way we handle this essential truth. If people fear death chances are that they wont live their life in a fulfilling manner. People should focus on the present no matter what comes next. As Christians especially there is no reason to fear death because of our faith in what lies on the other side. Even without this assurance however, those who are not Christians must not be afraid of death either. It happens eventually to everyone and we cannot stop it. While it is maybe not joyfully welcomed in every case it should certainly be accepted.
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