Death, Be Not Proud Quotations
“Death, be not proud,The speaker is talking to Death. He says Death should not be proud. Because Death is not powerful or scary, rather, it is peaceful, like sleep.
“Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,”John Donne further belittles Death with this line. He says Death is not free. It cannot act on its own. Death is dependent on things like fate, luck, kings’ order of executions, and suicide.
“One short sleep past, we wake eternallyDonne says Death is like a short sleep. And after this sleep, we will wake up and live eternally in heaven. There will be no more Death. Death will die there.And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”