The Value Of Life In Hamlet By William Shakespeare
Certainly, many people have different views on the value of life. Just like religion, people believe differently. In some of the texts and a play I have read, I have gained different insights on how one should value life. Inevitably, though, when it comes to whether putting a dollar sign on the value of a person’s life, however, the question of where the line should be drawn must be asked. All people are created equal, but when they pass away does there have to be a difference in the value of their live?
Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare in 1599, tells of a prince named Hamlet who was considering suicide after his father’s ghost makes him aware that his uncle was responsible for his death. In Hamlet’s soliloquy, he says “Thus conscience …show more content…
In his last story, he talked about death and how he perceived it. Jobs stated, "Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.” This quote shows that despite knowing that we are all going to die, making something out of each day is a choice. We all need to just know that we all have a timer and that we never know when it will go off. Jobs grew up with a future set for him. His biological mother put him up for adoption, for hoping that the adoptive couple had gone to college so he might go to college also. He followed his instinct to achieve his success. He wanted his audience to know that he got where he got by thinking about looking forward and having something to live for as did …show more content…
The Virginia Tech shootings of 2007 had 32 victims. They both had one thing in common, Kenneth Feinberg. Kenneth Feinberg had to put a number value on each individual who was lost during the attacks. He had to put a higher number on those who had a higher level of education than most of the other victims, such as lawyers, stockbroker, and bond trader, etc. The ones, who were just average people, like the waiter or the firemen, got less than those with education did. After attaching the value of each individual in the 9/11 attack, in Feinberg’s text, “What’s the Value of a Human Life?” he stated “I believe that public compensation should avoid financial distinctions which only fuel the hurt and grief of the survivors. I believe all lives should be treated the same.” This quote explains how no matter how high up you are in the social class, we are all human beings, and a life is a life. You can never come back when you are already
Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare in 1599, tells of a prince named Hamlet who was considering suicide after his father’s ghost makes him aware that his uncle was responsible for his death. In Hamlet’s soliloquy, he says “Thus conscience …show more content…
In his last story, he talked about death and how he perceived it. Jobs stated, "Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.” This quote shows that despite knowing that we are all going to die, making something out of each day is a choice. We all need to just know that we all have a timer and that we never know when it will go off. Jobs grew up with a future set for him. His biological mother put him up for adoption, for hoping that the adoptive couple had gone to college so he might go to college also. He followed his instinct to achieve his success. He wanted his audience to know that he got where he got by thinking about looking forward and having something to live for as did …show more content…
The Virginia Tech shootings of 2007 had 32 victims. They both had one thing in common, Kenneth Feinberg. Kenneth Feinberg had to put a number value on each individual who was lost during the attacks. He had to put a higher number on those who had a higher level of education than most of the other victims, such as lawyers, stockbroker, and bond trader, etc. The ones, who were just average people, like the waiter or the firemen, got less than those with education did. After attaching the value of each individual in the 9/11 attack, in Feinberg’s text, “What’s the Value of a Human Life?” he stated “I believe that public compensation should avoid financial distinctions which only fuel the hurt and grief of the survivors. I believe all lives should be treated the same.” This quote explains how no matter how high up you are in the social class, we are all human beings, and a life is a life. You can never come back when you are already