I don’t think there’s any real correspondence between the necessity of being mortal in order to be human. I do think mortality is often used as an allegory in

I don’t think there’s any real correspondence between the necessity of being mortal in order to be human. I do think mortality is often used as an allegory in order to humble and show how arrogance leads to fallibility, and to that end I 100% agree. But it’s important to separate the story telling device and the meaning behind it in my opinion.