Everyone experiences death. It doesn't matter if you are a king or a common man, everyone, at some point in their lives, will experience an end to their lives mediocre or successful. Everyone will take their last breath of air from this earth and then die. Death has always been a fear of human beings since Adam and Eve sinned that day in the Garden of Eden the plot center of many poems and literary works, including the Elegy written by Thomas Gray His messages and thoughts on death have fascinated us since he put pen to paper However, there are three distinct messages in his poetry and on death itself, including as death is the great equalizer, those who are already dead, and the world after death. For starters, death will eventually make us all equal, bringing the workers and presidents into the same state, says Thomas Gray in his poem, " The paths of glory lead only to the grave." (Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, lines 36) No matter who we are, or who we might become, death will eventually get us. screw. Excellent K...