The Price

In the Socratic seminar we briefly had a discussion about immortality and what one would sell their soul for. I think that many people would give their soul for immortality if they had the chance, especially famous people because they would stay beautiful forever if they never aged. I also think scientists would jump at the proposition because they could study a subject for years without having to face death which would mean the end of their research, they could live long enough to get to the end of their research and maybe even find a cure. I think that the loss of someone's soul is a very serious subject but I also think that everyone has a price. The only man in literature that would not sell his soul to the devil because he would not give up his name was John Proctor. However in real life I don't think that everyone would be as honorable as John Proctor. In Dr.Faustus Dr.Faustus gives his soul to the devil to gain knowledge about dark magic and things that a common man could not know. Dr.Faustus did have his moments of doubt if he could sell his soul but after being tempted by Lucifer in the end he gave in. Dr.Faustus lost his soul but his price was knowledge. He was already intelligent but his greed for more got to him and he willingly gave up his soul. Today in media we put celebrities on a pedestal and admire how they look and dress. However we have to remind ourselves that they spend hours in makeup, have personal trainers and some even have Botox, plastic surgery, or Lipo. I think that if a celebrity was offered immortality and everlasting youth they would sell their soul right away. It would personally take a lot for me to sell my soul and if I had to go against the people I love I would say no even if I was offered immortality and I do realize the people I love would die before me but I would still say no.