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Essay / Meditation 17 - 566 by John Donne
The lives of people today are full of technologies that help prolong our lives. It connects us and keeps us together as a whole. The meaning of life is a philosophical question concerning the purpose of existence. Not everyone is ready to face death, although we all have to go to bed at some point in our lives. We humans believe that we are invincible, whether we think so or not. One of John Donne's most famous written works is called "Meditation 17" and focuses on death, society and isolation. In “Meditation 17” by John Donne, the bell rings in a church, signifying that a death has occurred. All people are connected through the church, according to Donne. What happens to one person affects everyone. He who dies is not lost but is transported to heaven because “God employs many translators; some plays are translated by age, some by illness, some by war, some by justice; but the hand of God is in every translation. The bell rings for prayer, for the suffering and those who have died. Almost everyone believes that the death knell is tolling for them...