The term "obsequies" has been employed in literature to evoke the ritualistic and ceremonial aspects of funerals and acts of mourning, though its usage spans a range of contexts and connotations. In many works, it is used in its traditional sense to denote the formal rites of burial and commemoration, as seen in descriptions of solemn ceremonies, whether grand and dignified as in Machiavelli's account of a burial in Lucca [1] or the meticulously staged rites in Haggard’s narrative [2] and Boccaccio’s epic directive [3]. Yet authors have also wielded the term metaphorically or with a touch of irony. Montaigne muses on the consolatory nature of funeral pomp as more comfort to the living than to the dead [4, 5], while Twain humorously observes that “obsequies” has fallen out of everyday use in England [6]. Other writers, like Nietzsche with his evocative “Eternal Obsequies” [7] or Conrad’s inventive juxtaposition involving roast beef fashioned as funerary fare [8], underscore the adaptability of the term to various symbolic and thematic frameworks. Thus, across literary history—from Homer’s epic narrative of neglected rites on a desolate beach [9] to sociopolitical allegories in texts like those of Burgess and Park [10]—“obsequies” functions not only to depict the final ceremonies of life but also to comment on cultural practices, societal values, and even the absurdities of ritual itself.