Death and its Significance Death, a very dominant theme in literature, but what significance do references to death provide in a story. Why is death used in so many of the pieces of literature we read? The Answer; references to death play a very important part in a story, they can help advance the plot, they provide an atmosphere they contribute to the setting of the story, and many times they help readers predict what …showed first 75 words of 1397 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1397 total…Death in Venice represented a downfall of a character; it also represented a failure acceptance of a type of person in society (homosexual); where as in Mario and the Magician death represented the fall of fascist values. Death is seen in many forms of literature and can depict many different themes. These two novellas by Thomas Mann are great examples of how a writer can associate the theme of death with whatever they theme choose.