Desire & Death in Death in Venice

             Death and desire are two of the most extreme feelings that can be felt by
             humans. Death and desire lie at the two opposite sides of emotions. Death,
             being the end of life, a feeling of fear and the final step, of going
             towards meeting the lord again. Whereas, desire is one of the most sensual
             feelings, where the person believes everything in the world revolves around
             the person they desire, the person will be ready to make all sacrifices
             just to be next to his love. Conflicts arise when death and desire are
             together and a decision has to be made. Human beings are immortal; they all
             have to die, but the feeling of opting for death instead of life so as to
             be just close to the love can be enduing and the ultimate sacrifice for the
             Many theories and philosophers have given various theories to explain the
             phenomenon and the feelings of "Desire". Judith Butler has stated one of
             these theories in her book, "Gender Troubles". Her essay related to genders
             and feminism, she believes that there are no two different sexes, instead
             there are two genders, and the differences lay in their productivity other
             then that, both the sexes are the same. She believes characterizing one
             Judith Butler is a Professor of Comparative Literature and is well known as
             a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity. In her most
             influential book "Gender Trouble" (1990), Butler argued that feminism had
             made a mistake by trying to declare that 'women' were a group with common
             characteristics and interests. According to, Butler that approach,
             performed an ignorant directive and redirection of gender relations i.e.
             reinforcing a twofold view of gender relations in which human beings are
             divided into two clear-cut groups, women and men. Instead of opening up
             possibilities for a person to structure and decide their own individ...

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