Human life is essentially ephemeral and nobody wants to leave this pleasant world premature. Therefore, many of us try to prolong our stay on earth one way or another. But it is also true that the more we grow older the harder it goes for us to live on. A sick person lives a miserable life and always wishes for his death. This particular truth has been well captured by the Victorian poet Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892) in his Tithonus (1860). In this poem we can see that Aurora (in Greek Eos), the deity of the dawn fell in love with Tithounus, a mortal. Aurora loved him so devotionally that she asked Zeus to grant Tithonus the gift of immortality. Accordingly, Zeus granted her the wish but ironically she forgot to ask for the gift of everlasting youth for Tithonus. Consequently, Tithonus began to lose his youth while Aurora still retained hers. With the passage of time Tithonus became so old and feeble that his miseries knew no bounds. Ultimately, finding no other alternatives Aurora transformed him into a grasshopper.
The mystery of death is unfathomable and is devoid of any rational explanation. The only explanation could be that it is just a natural order of life and is not conquerable. Therefore, it is important that none should try to alter or avoid this natural course of life.
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