The facts in the case I have chosen concern two passionate mountaineers in their twenties, Harold and David. During a climbing expedition, Harold is seriously injured. On his deathbed, he asks David to promise to marry his sister Doris. Doris and David are dating; Harold knows how happy his sister is and worries about how she will cope with his death. David therefore accepts and promises Harold that he will marry Doris. After Harold's death, David doesn't tell anyone. He soon realizes that he enjoys spending time with Doris, but he is not in love with her and breaks his promise to Harold by not marrying his sister. A promise is a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen to a particular person. (Dictionary) Deathbed can be defined in several ways: the bed in which a person dies or the last hours before their death. (Dictionary) In this particular case, the latter would be the definition we would use. Many deathbed promises are made to ease the pain or conscience of the dying, in their final moments of life. Promises openly and freely...