Since Francis Bacon's time, our fear of death has been shaped by cultural narratives, often depicting death as a painful and sorrowful experience. This fear, likened to a child's fear of the dark, is intensified by tragic representations of death. Historical tales of reanimated corpses, especially after the bubonic plague, contributed to societal fears of the undead, evolving into modern portrayals in gothic literature and cinema. These tales continue to reflect human concerns regarding mortality and the unknown.
In the centuries before Bacon was writing, fears had spread across Europe driven by tales of buried bodies that returned to walk among the living.
Bacon opined that adults fear death like children fear the dark, and this fear is often intensified by painful depictions of death.
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