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This is a list of incidents of suicide — the intentional killing of oneself — depicted in fictional works, including movies, television series, anime and manga, comics, novels, etc.

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Eponine Thenardier (Les Miserables), takes a musket ball for Marius Pontmercy, page 1193

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  • Ill Ratt (Death Note), real name Shawn Dunleavy, shoots himself in the head

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  • Yoshimi Yahagi (Battle Royale), in the film, hangs herself alongside Yuji Kuramuto.
  • Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Battle Royale), throws himself off a cliff alongside Sakura Ogawa.
  • Adam Yates (The Innocent), gunshot.
  • Mary Alice Young in Desperate Housewives; gunshot to the head; the suicide enables the character to portray the role of narrator of the series from a dead point of view.
  • Yume Nikki (Yume Nikki), throws herself off her apartment balcony.

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See also

References

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  3. ^ Drazen, Patrick (October 2002). Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 132. ISBN 1-880656-72-8. OCLC 50898281. 
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  9. ^ Madame Bovary, Francis Steegmuller translation, page 360
  10. ^ Shakespeare, William. (1936). The Complete Works of Shakespeare, New York: Doubleday, pg 349.
  11. ^ Libretto, Madama Butterfly
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  13. ^ Inception
  14. ^ Barnes and Noble: "The Treasury of American Poetry", page 327. Barnes and Noble Books, 1993
  15. ^ Faulkner, Williams. (1929). The Sound & The Fury, New York: Random House
  16. ^ Kaysen, Susanna: "Girl, Interrupted", page 35. Vintage Books, 1993
  17. ^ Hedda Gabbler synopsis at gradesaver.com
  18. ^ "Les Misérables: Jean Valjean - Victor Hugo - Google Books". Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=4MhcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA418&lpg=PA418&dq=Javert+Suicide&source=bl&ots=H2L-IybP0y&sig=DYJAikRFxhMp6o2-QJmYi8WNtSc&hl=en&ei=17APTIbTG4H88AbJ67GBCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBcQ6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=Javert%20Suicide&f=false. Retrieved 2012-02-28. 
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  23. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/synopsis
  24. ^ Death of a Salesman, Bellmore-Merrick study guide
  25. ^ Macbeth, Act 5, scene 8
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  29. ^ Claremont, Chris. Uncanny X-Men #137 (September 1980)
  30. ^ Claremont, Chris. X-Factor #38 (March 1989).
  31. ^ The Brothers Karamazov, Constance Garnett translation, page 736
  32. ^ Crime and Punishment, Constance Garnett translation, page 440
  33. ^ Tosca synopsis
  34. ^ Siebers, Tobin, The Werther effect: the esthetics of suicide.

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