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Part I: Violent End
The inevitable closure of an ongoing process - this is the cruelty of death. Even the most wretched of lives may fail to embrace death. Why? Because they still believe that life is hope. How foolish to think that one moment could forever alter their presence on this earth.

Part II: Awkward Change
The absence of life is the nature of death. Who among us does not forget that absence and believe in the presence of the dead? Even if only for a moment, we are prone to forgetfulness, especially in regard to those to whom we were close. This is the real power of death: that it can deceive us into believing in life.

Part III: Artistic Device
Death makes us think. What we think is really irrelevant to the nature of our introspection. Whether we chuckle or weep, we have reacted; thus, our pondering has led to some conclusion.

Part IV: Idea
Death represents ____.