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 is the most popular method of suicide among Iranians; hanging and self-immolation, respectively, are the most popular methods after drug overdose. Based on Iranian statistics, from 1984 to 1993, nearly 1,500 deaths attributed to suicide of 27,000 deaths among children and teenagers were recorded annually. Teens from 13 to 17 years of age committed most of these suicides and the suicide rate among boys was four times that of girls. The total number of suicides from 1994 to 2001, were 4,250 which showed a large increase from the last mentioned period of time. Jalili, by excluding the exceptional cases, found