Suicide in literature a crime of passion in "Othello". The play "Antony and Cleopatra" ends with five suicides, including the deaths of both Antony and Cleopatra. Ophelia commits suicide in "Hamlet" following the death of her father. The subject of suicide itself is controversial. While the act of suicide can be symbolic in literature, the act itself still possesses the ability to cause controversy in the real world. Kate Chopin's novel, "The Awakening", was extremely controversial when it was released in 1899. Some authors who have created characters that commit suicide have committed suicide themselves. Ernest Hemingway shot himself in 1961; Some of
Suicide in Iran the highest rate of hanging (17%) and Golestan Province, in 2002, had the lowest rate of hanging (1%). Also, suicide by hanging in Iran occurs less than in western and Asian countries. The table on the right, shows the frequency of methods used in successful suicides that were referred to the Medical Jurisprudence Organization of Iran in the first half of 2004. According to this data, the most chosen method of suicide among both women and men in Iran was hanging. (Population= 180 men and 80 women). Among Iranian men who committed suicide, hanging (57%) and poisoning (17%) respectively, were