Death is perceived as the transformation of the person and the body
Explanation:
‘Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies’ is a poem from William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”. It reflects Ariel’s words spoken to Ferdinand about his dead father under the sea.
<u>In the poem, death is shown as a transformation</u>. Poems sing how the body is changed after death, when it starts to disappear and go back to nature – in this case, to the sea. <u>In the lines “Of his bones are coral made. Those are pearls that were his eyes.” we can see a poetical picture of the decomposing body that is taken by the sea world, corals that start to grow over the bones, and sea creatures begin to take the body parts. </u>
<u>The idea of how death and time change the appearance of the deceased is the central point of the passage. </u>
