They believe there is a judgment on what you did while the person was alive and is assessed by God to determine whether you live in "Heaven". This is where the good people go. Or they got to "Hell". This is where all the bad people go. That is the Puritans view on death.
Psychological View of Granny Weatherall “Get along now. Take your schoolbooks and go. There’s nothing wrong with me” (Porter 764), said by a dying woman in her death bed. The short story of “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter, is about an eighty years old Granny Watherall, who is spending the last day of her life in a hospital bed. Throughout the story Granny Watherall expresses herself through verbal communications and also her inner self-talk.
Secular Humanists believe when you die, that’s the end of everything; there is no afterlife. There is no judgment seat, and no rewards for the deeds or misdeeds completed during the life of a person. This is summed up by a phrase I heard by many times throughout my life “When you’re dead, you’re done.” Compare/Contrast with Biblical/Christian Worldview Since I chose a worldview that’s in blatant contrast to my Christian beliefs,
Her granddaughters Silvia, Shauna, and Becca went to visit her, for she was on her deathbed. She began telling them the story of Sleeping Beauty, a story which she had told them throughout their childhood, although this time was different. She told her grandchildren that she was in fact Briar Rose. Gemma did not go into detail, but made her granddaughter Becca promise to discover everything about her
“Not a Ghost Story” by Pamela Painter, Vestalreview.net 2. The story is about the author, as she describes how she has been haunted by a ghost. She keeps repeating “If this were a ghost story” like she is trying to convince herself that it isn’t happening. As she is describing her past hauntings, she wishes it would all just end, as if she herself is in a story with an ending. The end of the story is her dreaming she is only reading a book of ghost stories that end.
The Love of Family William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying tells the story of the Bundren family, a lower class family of Mississippi. The mother, Addie, is on her death bed while the rest of her family is basically planning her funeral. She is married to Anse Bundren and has five children – Darl, Cash, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman. Two of the five are not Anse’s children, yet Faulkner does not reveal this fact to the reader initially. It seems like the family is tending to Addie by preparing her coffin and putting her on bed rest because she is sick; but in reality they are only looking out for themselves, especially Anse.
This story was half fiction, but in a way half true. In 1887 Gilman went to see a specialist in hopes of curing her reoccurring nervous breakdowns. The physician prescribed her to a “rest-cure”. This meant for her to lie in bed all day and engage in no more than two hours of intellectual activity. In her short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman describes the physician office as a hotel which she is staying in while her husband and herself are on vacation and while her husband, a physician, is at work her sister-in-law tends to Gilman’s needs and checks in on her every day.
The Incan mourning color was black, which, coincidentally is also the mourning color of Christianity. For the Incan people, the destination of a person would depend on how he lived his life, if the dead had lead a virtuous life, he would join the sun in heaven, where they would have access to the after life and participate in the lives of their descendants but the evil spirits however would be forced to live in the underworld in a miserable and cold
However, the Bible states that, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1). Nature is not solely decoration; it glorifies God and shows His splendor. Another difference between the poem and a Christian’s view on death is regarding the purpose of life and death. In the poem, it seems that the only point in life is to complete the circle of life, that in the end “Earth… shall claim/ Thy growth” (22-23) and “shalt thou go/ To mix for ever with the elements” (25-26). There is no real hope of redemption, only the prospect of spending eternity in silence with wise, once-famous people and letting one’s body become fodder for the earth in order to preserve another generation.
Death comes into play A. Allegorical characters Will Not Accompany Everyman to Death B. Levels of friendship IV. The Author’s Perception and Treatment A. Everyman’s sins are forgiven B. Everyman receives his crown in Heaven V. Good Deeds is the only one to accompany VI. Conclusion Everyman’s Divine Appointment “Everyman” is a Christian morality play that addresses the meaning of life through Death. Every man that is born into this world is a sinner and destined for an eternal life in hell.