Hamlet: The Value Of Life

As a society we always try and place a specific value on things such as life. This is mostly because of human nature and its tendency to value materials and/or currency. But to assign value to a life is to say that it can be bought or payed for which in my opinion is an idea we need to stray away from. As a society we should embrace the idea that the value of all life, not just humans, is immeasurable. Because as far as we know, no other life exists in our universe. To quote the Declaration of Independence, “...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Declaration of Independence). The value of a person's life should

Personally, Hamlet viewed life in a way that was much too black and white to be a guideline for others to view their own lives. To start, Hamlet was born and raised in a castle, presumably being waited on and having his every need tended to. There is no doubt that the death of a parent is a devastating event that nobody should go through, but to consider ending one’s own life that had practically just begun is a reckless and impulsive decision. When Hamlet says in his soliloquy, “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?”, I fell the very obvious answer is that it is nobler to fight through life’s instances of misfortune rather than giving up. These are what give us character and make us who we are at the end of the day. I feel that if society were to put a value on life that they should not take any advice from Prince Hamlet, for he was an emotionally stricken teen who had a string of bad

While the article as a whole restates itself constantly it makes a great point about putting a dollar value on the death of a loved one which can be explained through the quote “Courts always grant money on the basis of a person's earning power in life. That's because the courts are not attempting to replace "souls," says Philip Bobbitt, a law professor at the University of Texas who has written about the allocation of scarce resources in times of tragedy. "We're not trying to make you psychologically whole. Where we can calculate the loss is in economic loss” (Ripley). This shows that while even legislators know that money could never actually solve the loss of that member, they are trying their best to compensate these people in any way they can. There are very few things besides money that would even begin to relieve the pain of losing a loved one. But to return to Ebert’s words of wisdom, the value of life should be taken from bringing others happiness and as far as I’m concerned people like Kenneth Feinberg are trying their very best to console these mourners in as effective of a way