LOL! I think there is such a thing as a good death. "Tragic death" to me usually means that the person was very young and/or that the death was unexpected. Death as the natural end to life with plenty of time to prepare is, I think, the antonym of tragic death.
les masques sont parreilles si tu les renverses. Me I've always hoped that I'll have a sense of humour about it by the time it gets here. Also, Auden weighed in on this ditinction between deaths more and less tragic: As the poets have mournfully sung, Death takes the innocent young, The rolling in money, The screamingly funny, And those who are very well-hung.
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Date: 2006-09-12 04:18 pm (UTC)Thank you, I'll be your killer of observational comedy tonday!
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Date: 2006-09-12 04:20 pm (UTC)Maybe Monday, maybe not.
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Date: 2006-09-12 08:57 pm (UTC)As the poets have mournfully sung,
Death takes the innocent young,
The rolling in money,
The screamingly funny,
And those who are very well-hung.