The Value Of Valuing Life

When a little boy is born an heir to the throne, the correct process is to grow up and take the place as king. For Hamlet, the protagonist in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, that process is shockingly interrupted. "For he was likely, had he been put on, / To have proved most royal" (V.ii.390-391). This quote was said by Frontinbras saying if Hamlet had lived he would of proved to be a great king. Throughout the play, Hamlet has shown that he had all the qualities that would have made him a remarkable king. Hamlet was an intelligent, rational, clever person who had good morals. His intelligence lead him to outwit his enemy, his rationality lead him to make good decisions, his cleverness lead him to seek the truth and his morals kept him

Harold takes this advice to heart. Realizing his imminent death forces Harold to live life. Not until this point Harold starts his journey of transforming into a new person who enjoys life with a good attitude.

Should people put the value of life into monetary value or should life be kept solely as an emotional quantity? People and societies throughout the ages have been trying to answer the problem of putting the value of life into terms of dollar bills. The ancient Egyptians buried their dead with all of their worldly belongings. They believed a person’s monetary worth on Earth was over, and they should take all of that earthly worth with them to the afterlife. Modern day Americans are different from the Egyptians. Today people believe that the families of the dead should be compensated for “their” loss.

In the speech, “Fall Forward” By Denzel Washington, one of the things that really got to me was when he talked about deathbeds. He said, “ Imagine your on your deathbed and standing around your deathbed are ghosts. Representing your unfulfilled potential.” Saying that maybe people you know, or maybe people that were in your family. And when you are in your deathbed, you don't want to have to think about the things you didn't do correctly. The people that are know there thinking “Wow you really didn't do it, you didn't fulfill your complet potential.” Or when there's people that relied on you, and you weren't always there for them, and know. Now there waiting, waiting for you at your deathbed. You knowing that you didn't reach the full potential that you wanted to get, you didn't get to the point and time. You didn't reach the best. If you haven't failed, then you really haven't tried. And give up know, your going to have more to do later in the future and it's going to just be a lot of more work for you, your hurting yourself not anyone else. And knowing this, this would be very good advice from an elder, an it is definitely good advice from an elder. He was a good person to get advice from.

He was heartbroken, but eventually overcame his death

"To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.” ~Samuel Butler

Bergman, being passed out, was one of the many chosen. Miraculously, as he was carried, one person noticed his hand twitched. While many people showed indifference towards all but themselves, these people risked their lives for him. He was the first one of this age to make it out alive, and one of the three people to make it out alive. “And they said, "David, you must survive and let the world know what happened. "”(Bergman).

If their is nothing good in the destiny of a person, he or she will die." pg

accepting his life the way it was before the thoughts of committing suicide occupied his mind.

“Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong”(“German Proverb”). In the novel Flight by Sherman Alexie, Zits, a 15 year old boy inhabits many troubles. His father abandoned him, so he has been living in various foster homes for most of his childhood. Zits believes that most of these foster parents do it for the kid, he thinks they do it for the money. Michael’s desire for revenge changes immensely over the course of the novel, because of the brutal events he witnesses, he’s placed in the position of his enemies to see the objective view of revenge, and he understands why his father abandoned him.

Throughout the play Hamlet, many different opportunities arise for individuals to take responsibility for themselves or others, but it is what motivates them to take that responsibility that can influence their outcome in life. From the beginning of the play, Claudius’ selfish desire when seeking responsibility inevitably leads to his death, as it causes him to take the life of his innocent brother, as well as trying to cover his tracks by acting like a father figure for Hamlet. While Hamlet’s motivation to take responsibility for his father’s death was with the safety of the people in mind, Hamlet’s personal desire to kill the king as soon as possible overcomes him, causing the lack of sorrow for killing innocent people in his path.

evil – and this is absurd.” (Lott, 2015, p.3). The author talk about how death is always brushed off, it is

As he returned home, he began to work real estate with his father, living an excellent life. But in 1973, at the age of 25, he was severely burned in a propane gas explosion. He suffered third degree burns and damaged to the eyes. During hospitalization, several of his fingers were amputated, and the right eye was removed. After 232 days being hospitalized in different institutions and undergoing a lot of pain, he decided to discontinue treatments and be allowed to die.

against his future, of course climaxing with his decision to end his life. His performance was

All through life, we experience various occasions when decision-making become necessary. A number of them present themselves in difficult forms and at crucial points. Most of the verdict we take will eventually figure and describe our track of lives. These are what we refer to as lessons of life. Choices never present themselves in an easy way. In some instance we are always forced to pay a price to achieve something. This implies that we are trading for an outcome we are seeking.