One of the things we, the humans, most fear is death, or the insecurity after death. And people have come up with many ideas or beliefs to overcome this horror. The story of Alcyone and Ceyx is indeed one of the ideas to shoo away the anxiety we feel. The story about two lovers who unite together even after death.
One of the great roles that this story plays is not only a function as a broom to sweep away the anxiety towards death. It not only sweeps away, but it makes you accept it as part of the life-cycle on earth. We can see that from, “For the dead body was changing, restored to life, and renewed as another seabird.” (Alcyone and Ceyx, p.32) We can see it tries to bring in peace among the audiences who reads the stories.
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