Question

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Answer 1

Answer: In death all people are equal because death comes to all.

Explanation: It is a line from the poem "Death the Leveller" by James Shirley.

Purple color is made from combining the colors red (the warmest color) and blue (the coolest color). This makes purple a color which holds balance.  The poet pictures death as a force that brings equality like purple color.

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