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Value Of Life In To Be Or Not To Be

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Value of Life
Considering the value of our own or someone else’s life is a difficult topic to talk about considering the fact that every one views it differently. Some view life as a priceless gift that we as people should cherish, while others can only see the value of someone’s life in dollar signs. Every life is valuable no matter what you come from, every life has value. Hamlet has pessimistic view on life, which he consistently shows in his speech To Be or Not to Be. Throughout his speech, he goes back and forth between the appeal of life and the peace he thinks he will find in death. “To grunt and sweat under a weary life” explains the pain he is feeling going about his everyday life (Line 22). He realizes after the death of Ophelia …show more content…

Roger Ebert was a well-known and respected movie critic, who passed away in 2013 from salivary and thyroid cancer. In June of 2006, Ebert had to have his jaw removed due to cancerous tissue. He lost the ability to eat, drink, and talk, his sole form of communication was through his writing. Although he was going through all of these struggles, he still managed to see the beauty in life. He remained positive and some would even say he was always smiling. “What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter” (p. 32). Ebert always valued his life even through his hardships. He showed gratitude for the wonderful life he lived and the people around him who supported and stood by him throughout his life. Amanda Ripley, author of “What Is a Life Worth?” brings to light the value of someone’s life in terms of big business corporations and even the federal government. After 9/11 the families of the victims received compensation for the death of their loved ones. But everyone received a different amount depending on what the government thought the value of the victim’s life was worth. If one man only made $22,000 a year he received a smaller compensation than someone who

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