When you die, most people believe you will either go to heaven or hell. But the truth is, everyone has different beliefs, so for many people, it is hard to know what will happen after death. For all we know, nothing could happen after death.
The answer above is very brief, so I will elaborate. How you explain death is purely based on your beliefs and/or religion.
There is no flashback in 'The Masque of the Red Death'
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Life was around before death, and thus, life is older. But if life does not continue the time that someone died goes increasing therefore death is older.
death
it huts a lot and your really sad
The irony of Cassius' death was that he committed suicide thinking that he had lost the battle when in fact they were winning.
distress=death and childbirth
Explain to them it is natural and everybody dies. Explain it very calmy and let them know it is ok and it's not something to be afraid of.
Since science cannot satisfactorily explain 'life' it is unlikely that it will be able to overcome death.
They know it was caused by rats and fleas
This is a metaphorical question since death is not actually a profession, however, if I were to explain the uses of death, it would be primarily that the Darwinian principle of survival of the fittest implies that there is also death for the less fit. Out with the old, in with the new.
I feel your struggle. The answer is what ever you want it to be.