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 colleges in the United States at-risk students. Prior to an increased awareness of suicide in college, reports of suicide were occasionally rare. Universities and colleges would sometimes avoid drawing attention to student suicides, as they did not want the reputation and image of their institutions to suffer. One of the earliest records of suicides of college students in the United States was in 1927, when 20 students across the entire continent committed suicides. In 2006, 1100 students in the US committed suicide, and 24,000 attempted it. Since the year 2000, rates of suicide deaths have increased dramatically, something that psychiatrist Doris Iarovici has attributed to