Private deaths in the films, to put it another way, are but narrative statements.
It is not easy to convey their spiritual significance.

Take, for instance, the death of John Goderic, in the film version of Gilbert Parker's The Seats of the Mighty.

The major leaves this world in the first third of the story.

The photoplay use of his death is, that he may whisper in the ear of Robert Moray to keep certain letters of La Pompadour well hidden.

The fact that it is the desire of a dying man gives sharpness to his request.