Human Life In Amanda Ripley's To Be Or Not To Be

Throughout human history mankind has tried to understand the value of a human life. Some believe that a human life is worth money, others believe life is what you make it and how you choose to enjoy it, and some believe life is not worth much and we are going to die anyway. There is no definitive answer to this question because it is impossible to prove. Overall the value of life is what people want it to be and we will be looking at it through Hamlet, Roger Ebert, and Amanda Ripley. In Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” Soliloquy he contemplates life based off of his life at that moment and how it has come to be that way. Hamlet does not value life as highly as others because throughout the entire play he has been contemplating suicide and the effects of his actions. He believes suicide is the answer because everyone dies anyway and he does not want to live a long and meaningless life. Others may say that life is whatever you make it and you should try your best to enjoy it and make it …show more content…
After the 9/11 attacks over 3000 people were injured or killed and were entitled to money. A fund was set up to give people money but it was calculated based off of their worth. These lead too many controversies and many people believed their loved one was worth more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. On the flip side many of the people who donated money were angry that people were complaining about getting that much money and that they shouldn’t feel entitled to any money. That they should feel lucky for what they got. This brings up the main question of this whole essay. How much should we value a human life? I checked this on the Human Life Calculator, and yes, everyone has a worth. Is this really what people have come to though? A human life should not be remembered as a number, but more for what they accomplished and how they