THEME AND SYMBOLISM THESAURUS

DEATH



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HELPFUL TIP:

Your story's theme is its central message to readers and can be reinforced with specific symbols and motifs pulled right from the setting. Additionally, symbols woven into a scene can underscore your character's emotions, establish mood, and even generate conflict. Explore your story theme thoughtfully and use associated symbols to do more with less.
NOTES:
Closely related to LOSS, death (as defined in this entry) involves the physical ending of a life.

THEMATIC STATEMENTS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOUR STORY:
Death is the end.
Eventually, death comes for us all.
Don't wait until someone dies to realize what they mean to you.
No one can live forever.
Sometimes death is a blessing.
If you're sleepwalking through life, you might as well be dead.
The worst death is a meaningless life.
Because death is certain, you have nothing to lose.
People never die if you remember them. 
Death is what makes life meaningful.
Death is a transition to something else.
People should be able to leave this world on their own terms.
Death comes to everyone. It's how you face it that matters.

LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE:
If this life is all there is, I should do whatever I want.
Every day is one day closer to death.
I could've done something to prevent my loved one's death.
I can't let go of them.
There's no point in my taking pleasure in anything if it's all going to come to an end.
I can evade death.

CHARACTER TRAITS TO SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE THEME:
ADDICTIVE, CONTROLLING, COWARDLY, EVIL, FANATICAL, MORBID, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, SUPERSTITIOUS, ANALYTICAL, APPRECIATIVE, CENTERED, COURAGEOUS, CURIOUS, JUST, OPTIMISTIC, PROACTIVE, SENSIBLE, SENTIMENTAL, SIMPLE, SPIRITUAL, TRUSTING, WISE

WOUNDS THAT MAY SHAPE A CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE:
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CREATIVE WORKS THAT EXPLORE THIS THEME:
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NATURAL SYMBOLS FOR THIS THEME:
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HUMAN & SOCIETAL SYMBOLS FOR THIS THEME:
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SYMBOLISM EXAMPLES IN STORIES:
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