Final answer:
The correct answer to the analogy 'arrival : departure :: ? : death' is 'life' as it signifies the beginning of the sequence where death represents the end.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question "arrival : departure :: ? : death" is asking for the word that has the same relationship to death as arrival has to departure. To answer this, we need to find a term that is the beginning of the sequence where death is the end. The word arrival signifies the beginning of a stay, while departure signifies the end. Hence, the word that corresponds to the beginning of life, as death is to the end, would be life. The correct answer is A) life.
We can further illustrate this concept through the references provided, all of which contrast life and death in various ways. For example, the line from the Bhagavad Gita, "Better death in (doing) one's own duty; Another's duty brings danger," implies a natural transition from the duty of living to the inevitability of death, indicating that life is to death what duty is to destiny.