Suicide methods

Jay Asher’s novel, 13 Reasons Why, is a very suspenseful, heart wrenching story about a teenage girl named Hannah Baker, who in the end, sadly commits suicide. Hannah Baker helps explain her reasoning behind her choice to take her own life by narrating her story through old cassette tapes. She invents this plan to have the cassette tapes passed around after she dies to the people, who to Hannah, helped contribute to her pain and suffering. It is explained through those each 13 tapes how each…

A tragic hero is a character within a literary work that possesses a tragic flaw that will ultimately incur the downfall of the character, regardless of the character’s good intentions. Macbeth, from Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, is, without a doubt, one of the most prevalent tragic heroes throughout all works of literature. Macbeth is a tragic hero as he possesses noble stature, a tragic flaw, free choice, an increased awareness of his downfall, and a punishment that exceeds his crimes, all…

1. Based on the story and song, how does Bruce Springsteen convince us of his authenticity, the belief that he is not an act? Throughout the song “The River” by Bruce Springsteen, one will note the many real life complications portrayed throughout, including unemployment, family values, premarital sex, and suicidal thoughts. Each makes up the storyline of the song, which is about a man who was too eager to jump into a relationship that he was not prepared for, which resulted in mistakes that…

save her, she commits suicide simply because she would rather die than to be implemented in a scandal; a scandal that surely will come about if the public finds out that one of her father’s pistols killed Eilert Løvborg. Hedda was deathly afraid of scandals. In Act 1 we find that Hedda and George are returning from a very long and expenses honeymoon; a honeymoon that turns out to be more for work than play for George which leaves Hedda…

cold light, a look of loathing,” she felt his scornfulness which hurts her even more than being violated by the thief (Akutagawa 25.) At that moment, she decided to kill her husband and ended her life after him. Furthermore, her attempts to commit suicide gave believability to her story as she was “still living in dishonor” after she failed to kill herself (Akutagawa 27.) Masago sought refuge at the temple and wished to spend her life to redeem her great sin towards her…

that others are out there hurting. No matter what anyone says, depression is no joke and should not be treated like it is. Depression takes the life out of those who are diagnosed with it, it controls their life: they have constant thought about suicide, troubling focusing on school or at work, and might even have to deal with the loss of family and friends. In the eyes of some people, they are just thinking the person with depression is faking it to get attention or it’s “just a…

When a life is lost, it does not mean the end. Death normally is associated with the termination of a person as well as their spirit. To contrary belief, A Separate Peace and To Kill a Mockingbird show how death impacts those close to someone who has passed and can affect their lives permanently. Although both A Separate Peace and To Kill A Mockingbird both feature the element of death, the main character of A Separate Peace, Gene received a sense of peace from death. Whereas, in To Kill a…

emerges as a significantly strong character representing greatness, despite his flaws. The plot is centered around Ajax’s demise and the way this is dealt with by these characters in the play. While there are numerous factors that cause Ajax to commit suicide by impaling himself on Hector’s sword, perhaps the goddess Athena is the most culpable of his death, thereby making her an unattractive character, at least in this play. The play begins with a speech from Athena, with this being the only…

THE ETHICS OF SUICIDE Published by The SwagBucklers “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.” - Albert Camus (The Myth Of Sisyphus) The word suicide originates from the Latin word…

EastEnders actress Dame Barbara Windsor says she is leaving the show for good as it is revealed her famous character, Peggy Mitchell, will be killed off. Viewers saw Peggy make a surprise return on Friday night when she told her son Phil her cancer had returned. Dame Barbara, 78, said she had thought "long and hard about it" but it was now time to say goodbye to the character. She joined the soap in 1994 and played the character full-time until 2010. She has since made occasional returns. Unlike…