Project Gutenberg 2006-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 93 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Danse macabre Reading ease score: 39.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Danse macabre" by Anonymous is a historical literary piece written during the late Middle Ages. This book is a poetic allegory that revolves around the theme of mortality and the inevitability of death, presented through a vivid interplay of characters from various societal ranks. Its likely topic is the universal notion that death is an equalizer among all people, regardless of their status or achievements in life. In "Danse macabre," various characters, including the Pope, Emperor, Cardinal, and commoners, are confronted by Death, personified as a character who leads them in a dance. The narrative uses a dialogue format to convey the thoughts and feelings of each character as they grapple with their impending mortality. Throughout the verses, Death emphasizes that wealth, power, and social standing provide no shelter from its grasp, illustrating the futility of earthly pursuits. The final messages conveyed are reflective, urging readers to recognize the transient nature of life and the importance of preparing for what lies beyond death, ultimately promoting a moral awareness of one's actions in life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Dance of death Death -- Poetry PQ Text FR Poésie Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 102412 101959 2024-10-09T03:46:50.374203 2023-09-09T06:41:37.437227 text/html text/html 96740 2006-12-10T05:11:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1493557 2006-12-10T05:11:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1560738 2024-10-09T03:46:56.712126 application/epub+zip 1559963 2024-10-09T03:46:52.634438 application/epub+zip 94967 2024-10-09T03:46:51.235186 application/epub+zip 1704883 2024-10-09T03:46:59.048173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1690213 2024-10-09T03:46:55.666129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145624 2022-09-09T12:38:19.129273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56526 56255 2024-10-09T03:46:49.505153 2023-09-09T06:41:36.555231 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56266 2006-12-10T05:11:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 21281 2006-12-10T05:11:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19883 2024-10-09T03:46:59.186121 application/rdf+xml 11036 2024-10-09T03:46:51.790160 image/jpeg 2945 2024-10-09T03:46:51.517145 image/jpeg 1561289 2024-10-09T03:46:50.461200 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown