03895. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: CONCEPTIONS OF DEATH AS REVEALED THROUGH HIS TALES. The conceptions of death found in the fairytales of the Danish writer are examined in depth. The opposition of a passive death to an active, struggling death in Andersen's tales is noted, and the personality of Death as an aspect of nature is considered. 11 pages, 6 footnotes, 11 bibliographic sources.