In Homer’s Iliad, Achilles must decide whether to fight in the Trojan War—promising certain physical death but a glorious legacy—or return to his home to live a long and happy life with his loved ones but die in obscurity.

A structured settlement is a legal settlement in which instead of paying out a lump sum of money given out all at once to victims as damages, the money is paid out in regular amounts over the course of many years. Some companies offer buyouts of structured settlements in which a third party will pay you less than the value of your settlement in exchange for them being paid the structured settlement over its course. (eg. You have a structured settlement which pays out 10,000 dollars a year for 40 years - with a total value of $400,000. A company offers to buyout that settlement for $300,000 dollars all at once, where the company will be paid the full amount over the course of 40 years)

World A has a strict moral code where people are taught that violence is bad no matter who uses it. World B has a normalized system of belief that violence is sometimes acceptable depending on the user and cause.

"You are an aristocrat with a prestigious lineage, but have fallen on hard times. While you and your family have enough money to survive, you are unable to maintain social obligations or maintain your usual lifestyle. Your siblings will be unable to attend school, or have meaningful careers.

You are presented with two suitors: An aged widower with a large amount of money who is willing to share it with you, but with whom you are not in love; and a young, dashing suitor whom you have known since you were a child, but comes from a similar financial circumstance. "

During the pandemic, public health authorities modified the release and messaging of information in anticipation of public response (eg. in March 2020 the CDC downplayed to effectiveness of masking in order to discourage public gathering and prevent hoarding of personal protective equipment, they heavily emphasized the effectiveness of vaccines in order to encourage their use)

The death of the artist is a theory that biographical information and the interpretation of authors hold no extra weight in the interpretation and meaning of that artist' work.