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    Shakespearean scholars recognize thirteen suicides; Romeo, Juliet, Othello, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Cassius, Brutus, Portia, Eros, Antony, Cleopatra, Iras and Charmain. There are eight other deaths that are classified as possible suicides. Whose deaths are those?

    Question #117786. Asked by DKnight912. (Sep 25 10 8:57 PM)


    great2beme

    		Cordelia of King Lear.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_lear#Tragic_ending

    Hamlet possibly.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080506225605AAN968k

    Sep 25 10, 9:00 PM
    ceetee

    		I don't agree that Cordelia was a suicide, as Lear states he "killed the slave that was hanging (her)" and an Officer supports this statement.
    The death of the Fool in King Lear is ambiguous and the Earl of Kent implies very strongly that he will follow Lear to death when refusing Albany's offer to "rule in this realm" (jointly with Edgar)
    http://absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/king_lear/a5s3.htm


    Sep 26 10, 11:24 PM

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