The 'mortal coil' is referred as this current life you're living, and by reading the literature you can see he was rudely cut short of his life as 'shuffled off' infers some other force decided to 'push' him off the mortal coil.
In older times, women were content with their rights, in the more present days, they want newer rights and to be equal. D and A are only relevant in certain times. hope this helps :)