Man vs. Himself
Self-fulfillment is what people live for, without it how can a person live? A failed search for self-fulfillment often leads to death. Demonstrated in A Tale of Two Cites, Hamlet, and A Death of a Salesman, each novel includes one character that struggles to fulfill his life, which results in death. Self-fulfillment can include being loved, wealthy, happiness, remembered, respected, or even a being hero. Sadly if none of these objectives is met, the character seems to think death is the only way option. "Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so" as said by Charles DeGaulle, relates to each character in the three novels that they were never determined to improve their life. The first example of failed self-fulfillment resulting in death is Willy Loman's from the novel A Death of a Salesman. Loman fails to be "well-liked" and also fails to provide for his family and decides that the only way to provide for them is to commit suicide so they can collect the insurance money. Loman spent most of his life trying to convince his family that he is the best in the business and he wants his sons, Biff and Happy to be the same. Willy tells his sons that with his succes
Hamlets whole purpose in life was to seek revenge for his beloved fathers murder. Willy, who failed to reach self-fulfillment, saw death as a way to provide for his family and prove that he is "well-liked". Sydney Carton on the other hand saw sacrifice as an attempt to reach self-fulfillment. 77-83)Hamlet being confused, could not decide what to do, fulfill his duties as a son and murder Claudius, or ignore the ghost and go on living as if nothing happened. However this duty will result in his death, which could have been avoidable if he had been happier in life, instead of being a beat up drunk that he was. Just before Carton is beheaded, another victim in line for death tells him that she loves him for his courage and Carton is inspired this, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. Sydney Carton with no love and happiness in his life tells Darnay "I care for no man, as no man cares for me. "Sacrifice can be the attempt to fulfill one's happiness, such as Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities where he sacrifices his life for another in order to prove his love for Lucie Manette. Every character could of lived, and found self-fulfillment, but there was somewhat a lack of "Common Sense. Ay, there's the rub,For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause. iii) Little do Biff and Happy know, that their father isn't liked at all, he's just trying to fulfill one of his goals in life, being "well-liked". He was trying to find his place in society, or possibly to regain his sense of self-dignity although it could not be reached. Also Carton describes himself in Darnay's view as "a dissolute dog who has never done any good, and never will. Hamlet knew that he could of secretly killed Claudius without anyone finding out, so why didn't he? Last was Sydney Carton who spent too much of his time at the bottom, starting with his poor job as an assistant to the defense lawyer Mr.
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