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Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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Death marks the end of life, and it is inevitable. Regardless of the fact, everyone dreads the moment when they leave everything without saying goodbye. Probably, the thing that makes this final part of life so fearful is the fact that people move from the known to the unknown coupled up with uncertainty. In her poem “Because I Could Not Stop For Death,” Emily Dickinson seems to have come to terms with the fact that her day had come. She talks of her journey to eternity when she finally lays in the grave. 

  • Title: the final journey
  • Genre: drama
  • Logline: Emily, a beautiful woman living the prime of her life, falls in love with a handsome young man, Ryan, whom she later realizes is the angel of death on a mission to take her life. 
  • Theme: love 
  • Tone: romantic
  • Protagonist: Emily
  • Antagonist: death
  • Supporting characters: Emily’s family members, including her mother, father, and two siblings, and her two close friends. 
  • Conflict: Emily’s family realizes that Ryan is an angel of death on a mission to take her life. They try to separate the two hoping to block the plan, but Emily is deeply in love, and she is ready to go with her lover. 
  • Beginning, middle, and end: Emily is a happy college girl in her prime age, ready to graduate. She meets Ryan during her friend’s birthday party. Despite great resistance from her family, Emily accepts to go with Ryan, who is the angel of death. 

Synopsis: Emily is a happy college girl who is about to graduate with first honors in law. She has been working hard in law school since she wanted to earn a slot in one of the best law firms in the country. During her friend’s birthday party, Emily meets Ryan, a handsome young man, and falls in love with him. She introduces him to her friends and family, and they accept him as a part of the family. However, everything changes when they learn his true identity, and they try to separate the two. Nevertheless, they fail in their mission since Emily is deeply in love with Ryan and is ready to go with him wherever he goes.

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