Walter BenjaminDeath is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. Death has become the ultimate arbiter and can be found everywhere in our society. We often hear about death and think of it as a tragic end to life, but not many of us realize that stories themselves are a form of death.
When we tell stories we use death as a means to let others know how we feel about them. The more we understand this, the more we can shed our fears and worries about dying and move on with our lives.
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