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Discworld aside, as I'm sadly not very familiar with it, I can think of at least two examples of Death personified being an important, serious character: "The Book Thief", both the original novel...
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_Discworld_ aside, as I'm sadly not very familiar with it, I can think of at least two examples of Death personified being an important, serious character: - "The Book Thief", both the original novel and the film adaptation. While Death is not the main character, he is the narrator, and his role is treated not only seriously, but sympathetically to a degree - at the end of the book, he notes "I am haunted by humans". - The classic movie _The Seventh Seal_, and its famous climax in which the protagonist plays a chess match against Death, with the prize being his very life and soul. So yes, Death personified can certainly be a major, serious part of a story.
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