This story caught my eye because it was about death himself. In most stories we see death as the being who takes someones life or shows someone the way of what there doing so that shall fix themselves. In this story this is not the case. This story gives the details of how the life of death begins and ends. It also states how death can die like everyone else and be replaced showing there are more than one death. The reaper is an interesting subject and this story provides that information.
Link to Death's story
Back to the Inferno
This story caught my eye because it started off with making me think about the levels of hell. I have always had an interest in the story of the inferno from the games and story's that have been developed from Dante's inferno. In this story the authors talks about how death, another interesting subject, takes Charley, a man, to three levels of the inferno. The three levels are lust, treachery, and wrath. This is the type of story that spike my interest.
Link to Back to the Inferno
Tragically ever after
This story caught my eye because the idea that not all stories happy is realistic. This article goes over how the Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast do not have the happiest endings.It discusses how there stories stop being told at the highlight of the story and go down hill from there. The realism of the stories spoke to me and made me want to read more. Not everyone's story will always have a happy ending even when you are a princess.
Link to Tragically ever after
Because of the involvement of death and tragedy the image of the reaper makes sense
The reaper
Link to the reaper image
This is great, Nick! As you can see, the theme of Death is a really profound one in the storytelling traditions of the world, along with folklore about Death, like depicting him as a skeleton with a scythe, etc. etc. Wikipedia is a wonderful place to explore more about topics like that; the HUGE article on Death Personified divides up the world by regions, and there are links to more specific articles about the folklore of death in different cultures: Death Personified: By Region... powerful stuff there!
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