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George Bernard Shaw And His Short Story About The Cremation Of The Narrator's Mother
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George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The
In a written exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his mother,
George Bernard Shaw recalls her “passage” with humor and understanding.
The dark humor associated with the h .... Middle of Term Paper ... process of cremation. The traditional words of a burial service “ashes
to ashes, dust to dust” are not altered for the cremation, the interior
chamber “looked cool, clean, and sunny” as by a graveside, and the coffin
was presented “feet first” as in a ground burial. In selecting aspects of
a traditional burial service, Shaw's mood is revealed as ambivalent toward
cremation by imposing recalled fragments of ground burial for contrast.
Strangely fascinated, he begins to wonder exactly what happens when one is
cremated. This mood of awe is dramatized as he encounters several doors to
observe in his chronological investigation. He sees “ ... |
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