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Death and

Death consists an irreversible process in which a living organism ceases to exist. The
motif of death is present in many writings which have been created along history because it is
one of the most concerning subjects in the world. Therefore, there were created stories which
implied objects like immortality potions or concoctions granting to one eternal youth.
Sometimes, in many texts, the motif of death was weaved with the act of loving someone or
something, thus these two being seen as two major motifs in some periods of history like the
14th-16th centuries. These texts brought to readers a bleak point of view about life because,
despite love being seen as salvation in many cases, here it represents the fact that absolutely
nothing can save someone from the act of dying, not e

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