What does the Grim Reaper look like?
There are different guesses on how this reaper should look. Most of us probably know the black cloak version of death. We have created an extremely negative picture of death. The black cloak is scary and frightens people. We associate black with evil and death and misery. The Grim Reaper is therefore something we should be afraid of. He hides behind this large black cloak and almost looks like a frightening shadow. Another version of his appearance is the skeleton reaper. He is sometimes pictured as a skeletal figure. It makes sense. He is Death. The Great Plague may have had an influence on how he came to look like that. Another characteristic is the hourglass. The hourglass counts down the days and minutes that one has left. It scares people, because it is something that they have no control over. They cannot change time. If it is their time to go, it is all of a sudden all about fate and destiny. We cant stop it. The most famous thing must be the weapon that he carries with him. His
