In what way does he challenge the more traditional interpretations of death in the western world? In what ways could we benefit from his approach compared to how we typically approach death today?

As we step into the Romantic era, William Cullen Bryant in his poem “Thanatopsis” announces a change in our relationship with death. In what way does he challenge the more traditional interpretations of death in the western world? In what ways could we benefit from his approach compared to how we typically approach death today?