Part one of term paper
The Personification and Criticism of Death in John Donne's "Death Be Not "No poem of John Donne's is more widely read or more directly associated with Donne than the tenth of the Holy Sonnets, 'Death, be not proud.'" (Dr. Gerald McDaniel, lecture). In this sonnet, Donne personifies death in two ways, as rescuer and as punisher of even the mo ...

Part two of term paper
... 1962 The American College Dictionary, are undeniably human traits and Donne uses these traits to portray death as a formidable foe. "With an impudence that is characteristically Donne's, he deflates Death in the opening salvo. He discounts the power of death as a mere fiction" (Dr. Gerald McDaniel, lecture). Now that the image of his foe, death, has been created, Donne denounces the power and fear associated with death, "for thou art not so. / For those whom thou think'st thou dost over ...