Comparative analysis of Victor Hugo’s The Last Day of a Condemned Man and Leonid Andreev’s The Seven Who Were Hanged: a thanatological study

Abstract

This study examines Victor Hugo’s The Last Day of a Condemned Man and Leonid Andreev’s The Seven Who Were Hanged through comparative literature and thanatology, focusing on death and the defense of the right to life. The analysis systematically explores key motifs, such as nature, time, and psychological states, and themes of execution and freedom, unveiling death’s biological, psychological, and sociological layers