Literary Analysis
Dylan Blodgett
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Do people die every day? Is the earth rounded? James Hurst show in “The Scarlet Ibis” how death will come to everyone. In “Death in the Sickroom” by Edvard Munch he shows how death happens. In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and in “Death in the Sickroom” by Edvard Munch both the author and the artist use imagery to portray the theme of death.
The author of “The Scarlet Ibis” James Hurst uses imagery to show the theme of death. One example of imagery is “It was the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree” (James Hurst, Page 554). This peace from “The Scarlet Ibis” gives a since of imagery to the reader such as the death of summer and the start of winter. Also this relates to death by showing the death of summer and the start of fall. Another example of imagery is “He had been bleeding from the mouth and his neck appears long and slim” (James Hurst. Page 564). This shows the way that Doodle was placed when he had died. This gives a since of death to the reader by showing how he had died. The author James Hurst Shows many examples of imagery in the short story of “The Scarlet Ibis” and also the artist Edvard Munch and his peace “Death in the Sickroom”.

The artist Edvard Munch shows imagery of death in “Death in the Sickroom”. One example of imagery is “Disease and insanity were black angles on guard at my cradle. In my child hood, I felt I was treated in Nan unjust way, without a mother sick, and with threatened punishment in hell hanging over my head” (Edvard Much. www.edvard-munch.com). This relates to the sift elements of