The Role Of Grief In Dead Man Walking

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The motif of grief is evident throughout Dead Man Walking. First and foremost, grief seen within the victims families was revealed to Prejean thanks to her role as a spiritual advisor to Pat Sonnier and Willie Robert. Despite her support of eliminating the death penalty, Prejean recognized the extent of pain and grief felt by the victims’ families and never dismissed or played down these feelings. Along with the victim’s families, the mother's of both Sonnier and Robert felt immeasurable grief and sorrow over the death of their sons. While under extremely different circumstances, killing, to both the murder’s and victim’s families is traumatic and life altering. By exploring misery and heartache of both types of families, Prejean is appealing