Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword         It is commonly said that if you play too close with the fire, you are going to get burned. This generally means that if you live a dangerous lifestyle, then you will eventually falter and suffer the consequences. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, there are many cases where characters are killed because they lived a murderous lifestyle. Claudius murders his own brother and is then murdered himself. Laertes kills …showed first 75 words of 737 total…

…showed last 75 words of 737 total…deaths are directly related to one another. They are all interwoven incidents that cause one another to occur. All three people chose to live a violent lifestyle and all died because of this choice. In life, out destinies are determined by the way we choose to live. If you live a dangerous life, you may die soon. All of our lives are interwoven in to the fabric of life. One bad thread messes up everything.