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 Qafqaz University                         

          18-19 April 2014, Baku, Azerbaijan 

is considered denial' of the existence of a God. Even in Shakespeare’s work who lived in bloom and developed period of 

Christianity there were used almost 50 characters that killed themselves while the word suicide didn’t exist in lexicology. 

Shakespeare didn’t let his characters win or overcome their problems that might be good lesson to people how to get 

rid of such situations. He could show   the way to solve their problems, but “just go and kill yourself “was the solution that 

he gave to his characters. In this case one question appeared that we are sure most of you would wonder is why this great 

writer made his characters kill themselves. We researched his biography with details, and found that he was witness of a lot 

of death in his life. Although, he grew up in rich family, it influenced his psychology. For instance, he was the third of eight 

children and only he was able to live more than others. He was also the witness of his son Hamlet's death. He might kill his 

characters to take revenge of these accidents psychologically. However, he showed reasons of characters’ suicides 

differently. For example, Brutus in ‘Julies Caesar’ after losing the battle and fear of defeat, he stabbed himself with a sword. 

Second, Cassius –again- in ‘Julies Caesar’ after losing the battle and fear of defeat he also took his life with a sword. Third, 

Portia-again- in ‘Julies Caesar’ killed herself by swallowing burning coal, fire, after the loss of power AKA battle defeat. 

Fourth, Cleopatra in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ killed herself because of the fear of defeat after the loss of power. She killed 

herself using snakes’ poison and so did her two maids, Iras and Charmian –in the name of love they had for their queen. 

Fifth, Antony in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ killed himself using a sword because of –again- loss of power and fear of defeat. 

Eros in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ killed himself with a sword because his master demanded him to kill him but he refused and 

so killed himself instead. Goneril in ‘King Lear’ after her evil plans were exposed, she stabbed herself with a poisoned 

dagger. So she wouldn’t have to apologize (self-ego). Juliette in ‘Romeo & Juliette’ stabbed herself after the loss of the 

beloved. Romeo poisoned himself because of the loss of the beloved- he thought she was dead. Ofelia in ‘Hamlet’ drowns 

herself- some say she fell and others say she did so herself. She committed suicide because she didn’t know how to handle 

the fact that her beloved killed her father. Finally, Othello in ‘Othello’ killed himself with a dagger, stabbed himself, 

because he felt guilty. Feeling of defeat, losing special person, and guilt were the reasons of his characters’ suicide, he used 

suicide as the last way to escape from this problems.  

     From our point of view, he just wanted to mention some examples of suicide and to show like wrong way.  If he 

really advised to people it, he would commit suicide himself. In brief, as we mentioned at the beginning, we want to show 

that suicide isn’t to solve problem, nowadays some people prefer this way when they face with difficulties. Suicide is not 

the way to solve problems; it is just the way to run away from them. However, we should think that when God gives us 

problem also gives the solution; we just must try to find. Life is a chance and it is given to us just once, that is why we 

shouldn’t waste our chance and should appreciate it. We want to conclude it with Shakespeare’s words in ’Hamlet’: ‘To be 

or not to be, that is the question’.