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…and couldn’t achieve it, but continued to act and think that he had. Throughout the play Willy’s character deteriorates and worsens as he drift further and further into his fantasy world. As he drifts into this world, the ever approaching choice of suicide gets…

…to insanity. Ironically, Lady Macbeth is the one that is driven to the brink of lunacy as she commits suicide at the end of the tragedy. The image and scent of blood symbolizes the unending guilt of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The blood on their hands represents…

…to go downhill for our hero. Then during the battle when he thought he was defeated, and committed suicide, his flaw was complete. Brutus was a man loyal to his country. He was very modest and did what he though was right. Although he can be swayed…

…and confidante. They had planned to set up an expansive kingdom to be inherited by her sons of Caesar and Marc Antony. However Marc Antony and Cleopatra were involved in the Battle of Actium, in 31 b.c., which they lost. Marc Antony then committed suicide…

…embarrassment” (p 29). “[Mrs. Sims] was the only person [Lauren] even knew who lived alone” (p 19). Being alone, lead to Mrs. Sim’s demise; she lost all sense of community and of being neighborly, leading to suicide. When things became too overwhelming, she…

…. Partly for this reason was why she committed suicide. Once she was came to the realization that her property was being seized after falling into irreversible debt, I believe this to be the point where she realized, for the first time, the consequences of her…

…life, Hester would almost surely have committed suicide. Once and a while, Pearl would bring joy to Hester's life, and that helped her to keep on living. Pearl really symbolized a rose to her mother, at some times she could be bright and vibrant…

…was deaf he could still write music. He finished his first symphony in 1800. In 1802, Beethoven became depressed and thought a lot about suicide. He went to a small village in Germany where he stayed for a few years. The next couple of years Beethoven…

…in the death of Paris, himself and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet's naive minds, suicide was a fast answer to their problems. In Juliet's case she had other options which she willing choose to overlook. Romeo and Juliet's innocence show us that jumping…

…effect, or some of the deaths may have furthered just causes and strengthened beliefs or saved the day. A deeper, case-specific look must be used to judge the true heroes from suicide martyrs caught in a fit of passion. An example of self-sacrifice arises…