Death Dorothy

"DEATH"

"While there is life there is hope"

In this story written by Dorothy Richardson, the main character is woman who is about to pass away. In her deathbed the woman thinks and reflects about her life, the life itself, the death, the sins that she committed, the forgiveness of God, the fact that death is for everybody, no matter status, color or gender.

In her deathbed, the woman is full of pain, and memories and thoughts come to her mind, memories of a man, thought about the life and death, something that she always feared and put away. The feeling of regret, she always wanted to be good, but it was too late; she regret of not to live every day as it was her last day. She asked God to forgive her but she knew it was too late, and that there is no reason to forgive her.

During her reflection the doctor is in her bedroom, but he doesn't say a word, and when he left the room, in that moment she realizes that she is left to face the death alone, and it that moment she tries to think and not to think, the fact that it is all over is a deal in her mind. Then she began to struggle with her pain and thoughts but the death is coming for her, she is aching, and crying, and after all the pain, there is darkness and in front of the darkness come there is a garden. She dies. Her body is alone.

ANALYSIS

At the beginning of the story, Dorothy, writes the opening sentence which let us see, clearly, what the story is about and what the end is: this was death this time, no mistake. With this opening sentence, the author, draw us in into a story in which the Death has an important role; the author continues with the story by describing the situation of a woman, who is in her deathbed, and who doesn't want anyone to see her dying.

With the phrase: While there is life there is hope, Dorothy, lets us imagine that Mrs. Gworsh has a hope to survive this time, but immediately, when the author says: perhaps she wasn't dying, the author lets us know that she is going to die, using the word perhaps. Richardson gets directly to the point, without any distraction she writes: "perhaps she wasn't dying. Only afraid… but no" she let us know that at the end of the story the main character is going to die, and let us question: how? With that, she invites us to query about the character and to read the story.

The author begins to describe the experience of that woman in her deathbed, the feelings, the thoughts and reflections about death and life; also she describes how the woman felt in that moment, with expressions like: her heart thumped.

I think it is a good point to start with, by telling the reader how the story is going to end and leaving the doubt of how it is going to be developed. The title and the opening sentence give