Cheating death may not always have a positive result. Focusing on the characteristics and actions of each brother in the short story “Tale of Three Brothers”, I will explain three reasons why cheating death can be a curse. My first reason, is that the oldest brother a combative man whose idea of defying death was more powerful than death itself, meets a violent death. My second reason is that the middle brother an arrogant man who thought he could humiliate, also loses to death instead. My last reason is that the youngest brother the smartest of all three, who patiently greeted death lived a long life, finally going to death peacefully. My first reason, is that the oldest brother a combative man whose idea of defying death was more powerful …show more content…
than death itself, meets a violent death. Allegedly he thought he could dupe Death wheedling the powerful wand that Death itself had bestowed upon him the day they met on the bridge. However, the brother was blinded by his self-righteous ego and as a result met Death in a drunken slumber. I imaging had he tried to cheat death by accepting Death’s token, he would have not died at the hands of his enemy. As for my second reason, the middle brother an arrogant man who though he could humiliate Death, yet loses to death instead.
He was desperate for love, and consequently he cheated his fate that same day on the bridge by accepting Death’s gift to recall the dead by bringing back a loved one. Possessing the power to have the girl he once hoped to marry, consequently, did not bring him contentment, for she was emotionally cold and distant. Therefore, he took his own life, thus he may never unite with the girl he once truly loved. However, had he not accepted Death’s gift, he would have walked with Death straight in the arms of love, meeting his loved one in the eternal life. Lastly, the youngest brother was the smartest of all three, who patiently greeted Death. That very same day on the bridge, he too met Death and because he was smart and didn’t trust Death, his gift of choice was Death’s Cloak of invisibility. Wearing the cloak he knew that he would forever be invisible to Death until they would meet again. He lived a long humble life and did not feel the need to hide from Death any longer; therefore, it was his time and he met death as a friend. In the long run, if we cheat death, we are cheating ourselves with the possibility of changing our destiny
forever.
The two characters come to the realization that they do share a brotherly bond, and that the narrator cares deeply for his brother even after all the time apart. The narrator says, “I don’t give a damn wh...
The difference between the tale of the Three Brothers and the Pardoners Tale is that in the Pardoners Tale the pardoner told a story of three rioters while the Tale of the three brothers was about three brothers. Unlike the tale of the three brothers, the rioters went searching for death because they wanted revenge. When they found the old man, he said he knew where death was after the three men threatened him and said he was in an old grove and pointed in the direction. When they came upon death they forgot it was death they were searching for because they found 8 barrels full of gold. They wanted everything for themselves and they were willing to kill the other rioters to get it. So they sent the youngest one to go get supplies in the town
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