Acknowledgements
Abstract
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Where There is Life,There is Death
1.1 Inevitability:A Universal Truth about Death
1.2 The Length of Life and the Significance of Life
1.3 Attitudes towards Life and Death
1.3.1 The Instinct to Survive
1.3.2 The Fear of Death
1.3.3 Suicide
1.3.4 Cherishing Life
Chapter 2 Hemingway’s View of Life and Death
2.1 Code Heroes:Heroic Struggle against Unchangeable Fate
2.2 Grace under Pressure:the Standard of Code Heroes
2.3 Hemingway and His Suicide
2.4 The Significance of Hemingway’s View of Life and Death
Chapter 3 Hemingway and His Death in the Afternoon
3.1 Hemingway and Bullfighting
3.2 Hemingway’s Consciousness of Death and the Creation of Death in the Afternoon
3.3 The Literary Value of Death in the Afternoon
Chapter 4 Bullfighting as a Tragedy:Life and Death in Death in the Afternoon
4.1 The Tragedy of the Bullfighters:the Bell Tolls for Them
4.1.1 Bullfighters’Life and Career:Code Heroes under Death Threat
4.1.2 Bullfighters’Courage and Fear:Completing the Art of Death with Dignity and Grace
4.2 The Tragedy of the Bulls:Being Bullied and Killed
Conclusion
Works Cited
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