The Quivering

Criticism , Theatre Jul 17, 2007 No Comments

Death, it is commonly acknowledged, has always been a bit of a taboo in Western culture. We tend to avoid thinking about it, talking about it, and, wherever possible, experiencing it. We gloss over it with language, making every attempt to euphemise it, rendering it inoffensive and denying its inevitability. We call it “passing on”, “passing away” or “crossing over”; we speak of people “kicking the bucket” and “shuffling off this mortal coil”. Mankind’s struggle against mortality, which continues unabated to this day, has long been at the centre of our various endeavours; it pervades our art, our literature, our religion, philosophy and science.

This reluctance to confront the reaper is, by and large, ingenuous. It leaves us, not inoculated against death, but rather lulls us into a false sense of security, which, when ruptured, as it inevitably must be, leaves, not a scar, but an open wound. It is only by talking about death openly and honestly – by rolling it around on the tongue and hearing how it sounds when spoken aloud – that we can truly begin to accept and make peace with it, and it is only by making peace with death that we can truly begin to appreciate – and indeed, fully live – our lives.

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Matthew Clayfield

Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.

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