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Today, more than 20 years after Kurt Cobain's death, this incident keeps capturing people's attention. About two years ago, new images of Cobain's death and police investigation were released in the media and also the report of the private investigator that had been looling for Cobain before he was found dead. All these new information jas reignated and recaptured the audience's attention because now there are new therories leading to the believe that Cobain was murdered. According to specialists, the "suicide note" was not a good bye from this world but a good bye to his fans regarding music and the only part that gives the idea of suicide does not match Cobain's writing. In fact, those last few words match Courtney's letters found in a practice sheet; therefore rising suspicions about Cobain's wife. Through this new information, the media brings back this tragedy and is changing our tragic hero's tragic flaw.

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Once a real life tragic hero's demise has been forseen by the media, they are determined to follow through the process, but most importantly they affect people's view. For instance, when Cobain overdose in Rome, no one called it a suicide attempt until the media did after his death. Whether Cobain's overdose was on purpose or an accident, it is unknown; however, the media used this as an opportunity to superfluous the meaning of his actions in a negative way to create an egregious image of him in people's mind. In addition, when Cobain died, people had divided opinions partly influenced by the media due to the fact that some published his death as a selfish, weak, and uncomprehensible action because he could just have dropped out of the music carreer since he had a lot of money, and others published his death as a grievous and lamentable event, in which a great figure in the music industry had left this world. This moment of grief and hate is called catharsis in the literary world of a tragic hero and now also in the world of the media.

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A tragic hero is a commonly used literary character, especially by Shakespeare, that now is being implemented in the media. Nowadays, all celebrities are potential tragic heros; therefore, the media pays attention to their every move until the first sign of a tragic hero appears, hamartia. In this case, their target was Kurt Cobain, the leader of Nirvana. Cobain's harmatia were his bipolar dissorder and his addiction to drugs, which was his way of dealing with his poignant "love/hate relationship with his celebrity status". Cobain's state at this time, reflects Shakespeare faamous charavter Hamlet. In Act 3, Scene 3, Caludius says "I like him not' nor stands it safe with us to let his madness range." While Kurt Cobain was dealing with his convoluted feelings towards his fame, Hamlet was dealing with his obscure resolution to avenge his father. Through this quote it is demonstrated that both of them were dealing with a constant change in personality and their effusiveness towards their current situation was what led them to take the wrong the decisions, and eventually their tragic flaw, the beginning of their downfall.

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I’m fairly good myself, but even so I could accuse myself of such horrible crimes that it would’ve been better if my mother had never given birth to me. Act 3, Scene 1, Page 5, Lines 24-26
Although I am a good person, there are bad things that I have done that have made me regret being born.

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To be, or not to be? That is the question—
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep—
No more—and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished! To die, to sleep.

Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 57-65
The question is: is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to put up with all the nasty things that luck throws your way, or to fight against all those troubles by simply putting an end to them once and for all? Dying, sleeping—that’s all dying is—a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life on earth gives us—that’s an achievement to wish for. . Spark Notes
I wonder: Is it better to live or die? Is it more righteous to endure the hardships of life or to put and end to them forever? Dying is just like sleeping for when you sleep, you don't feel the hurt; it is something we all wish.

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- Effusive: too emotional
- Egregious: conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense
- Frenetic: fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.
- Superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
- Flagrant: offensive, egregious

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Kurt Cobain was a leading figure in grunge music. His good music and affable attitude,  led him to be loved by many, just like Hamlet was loved by his people in Shakespeare's play. Unfortunately, the situations that surrounded them and their effusive personality overwhelmed them to the point where they no longer appreciated their existence and contemplated committing suicide. "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep" Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 68-63

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Furthermore, tragic news are used by media because they tend to be prolonged by meticulous investigations. These thorough investigations keep the audience's attention for many days, if not weeks. In Kurt Cobain's case, his downfall was his committing suicide, and many people were keeping track of the news about the cause of his death.

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Mourning the loss of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain - The Tech

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An article from the Tuesday, April 12, 1994 issue of The Tech - MIT's oldest and largest newspaper and the first newspaper published on the Internet.

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Cobain was the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the band Nirvana.

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Finally, the media takes advantage of the people's curiosity and emotions by releasing news about previous tragics to recapture the audience's attention. This can be seen in the news and articles with new pictures that have come out about Kurt Cobain's death and murder suspicions, 20 years after his death.

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How does the media use tragedy to illustrate the demise of a popular public figure?

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In today's world, the use of tragic elements have become very common in news headlines and the media in general. As we can see, in news channels most of the news are tragic news and they are given more time to explain thoroughly than positive news. The reason for this, is that tragedies tend to attract more people, and media has taken advantage and vilified people's emotions and public character's misfortunes to show famous people's demise. Unfortunately, Kurt Cobain a virtuoso in the music industry, became the media's target after his effusive personality, much like Hamlet's, led him to contemplate committing suicide and have a transient life.

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MailOnline exclusive clip from film Soaked In Bleach raises questions

Officially, the Nirvana frontman shot himself in the head in April 1994

Widow Courtney Love has kept suicide note under lock and key since then

'Practice sheet' contains key letter combinations also found on the note

Private detective believes portions of the note may have been written later

He was found dead in his home two decades ago after an apparent suicide.

But over twenty years on from Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's shocking death, a new documentary attempts to uncover fresh clues, going as far as to suggest the iconic musician was murdered.

In MailOnline's exclusive clip from Benjamin Statler's anticipated film Soaked In Bleach, experts are seen dissecting Kurt's suicide note, which throws up a dramatic set of questions in the investigation.

Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper, who stood at the helm of the Seattle Police Department from 1994 to 2000, is front and centre of Statler's film as he declares the investigation into Kurt's death should be reopened.

According to the official version of events, the Nirvana singer killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head on April 5, 1994, inside his home near Lake Washington, in the Seattle area.

But the volatile musician's untimely, violent demise has been the subject of intense speculation -giving rise to the idea that Kurt was murdered.

In the new documentary, Stetler presents the case from the point of view of private investigator Tom Grant, who was hired by Cobain's wife Courtney Love to find the missing musician just days before he turned up dead.

The new teaser points the blame at Courtney, as Heidi Harralson, a forensic document examiner presents her findings from a detailed look at the suicide note which Courtney has kept under lock and key in a safe deposit box since her husband's death.

Heidi explains that the investigation discovered a 'handwriting practice sheet' found in Courtney's bag which contained different letters of the alphabet, and was compared to the suicide note.

The practice sheet found in Courtney's belongings contains 'letter combinations of specific letters that are found in the bottom portion of the suicide note,' explains Heidi in the clip.

'It is possible that someone else with some skill could indeed imitate his writing, especially those last few lines,' she claims.

Carole Chaski, a forensic linguist, adds to the theory by pointing out that the top portion of the long note, as well as appearing to be in a different handwriting, is also of a different style linguistically to the bottom four lines.

The main body of the note, which is addressed to Cobain's childhood imaginary friend "Boddah", is written about Kurt's 'relationship to music, it's only the very small part of the note, the last four lines, that talk about his relationship to his family,' and specifically Courtney and their daughter Frances Bean, explains Carole.

'That is what most of us would consider a stereotypical suicide note "I love you, someone will be better off without me. Keep moving forward."'

'Those are the kind of things we expect to find in suicide notes or even in overkill, to make it very stereotypical so that people couldn't miss what it is.'

Tom Grant, the private detective who was interviewed for Soaked In Bleach, has argued that the letter reads as a note announcing Cobain is leaving his wife and retiring from the music business - and not as a farewell to life.

He has said that the final few lines at the bottom - which do imply suicide - were added afterwards by an unknown individual.

Stamper is even more explicit in his view that those close to Kurt should be questioned further. 'We should in fact have taken steps to study patterns involved in the behavior of key individuals who had a motive to see Kurt Cobain dead,' Stamper says in the documentary, according to Spin Magazine.

'If in fact Kurt Cobain was murdered, as opposed to having committed suicide - and it was possible to learn that - shame on us for not doing that. That was in fact our responsibility.'

Stamper says he is not convinced that the 27-year-old was the victim of foul play, but he would like police to take another look at all the facts before reaching a final conclusion.

'It's about right and wrong. It's about honor. It's about ethics,' he argues. 'If we didn't get it right the first time, we damn well better get it right the second time.'

The 1998 documentary Kurt & Courtney, by filmmaker Nick Broomfield, also made allusions to Cobain's widow.

No evidence has ever been found that the now 50-year-old female rocker was in any way responsible for her husband's death.

And in fact, Courtney has been trying to stop Soaked in Bleach from being released, Deadline have reported.

In June, her legal team issued a cease-and-desist order to prevent movie theaters from showing the controversial documentary, which was not authorized by her late husband's estate.

'The Film falsely presents a widely and repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory that accuses Ms. Cobain of orchestrating the death of her husband Kurt Cobain,' the singer's attorney wrote in the order.

Soaked in Blood is released on DVD and digital on 19th October.

KURT COBAIN'S DEATH: THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Twenty-one years after his body was found, speculation still rages among Nirvana fans as to the circumstances surrounding Kurt Cobain's death.

The death certificate stated he died as a result of a 'contact perforating shotgun wound to the head' - and concluded it was a suicide.

But some people believe the singer was murdered. Here are some of the leading arguments for both homicide and suicide:

Lack of blood at the scene: Seattle public access host Richard Lee obtained a video taped from outside Cobain's garage looking into his house.

The scene around the body showed what Lee claimed was a distinct lack of blood for a point-blank shotgun blast to the head.

Toxicology report: The official pathology report determined that the level of heroin in Cobain's bloodstream was 1.52 milligrams per liter - a potentially lethal dose.

However, private investigator Tom Grant - who worked for Courtney Love - has claimed that means Cobain could have been too high to be able to pull the shotgun's trigger.

Grant also argues that the heroin was used by a third party to incapacitate Cobain before the shotgun was fired at him.

Suicide note: Grant claims that while he was working for Courtney Love, he came across the so-called suicide note that Cobain wrote for her.

Grant believes the letter reads as a note announcing Cobain is leaving his wife and the music business - not as a farewell to life.

He claims the final few lines at the bottom - which do imply suicide - were added afterwards by an unknown individual.

The shotgun: The weapon, a Remington Model 11 20 gauge, was not checked for fingerprints until May 6 - a month after Cobain's body was discovered. According to the Fingerprint Analysis Report, four cards of latent prints were lifted but none were legible.

Many of Cobain's friends and family have noted the singer's private and public utterances of depression and instability.

They noted his struggles with addiction and what they believe was an undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

They also point to a previous suicide attempt in Rome a month before his death.

Cobain's bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl also believe he took his own life.

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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Kurt Cobain documentary Soaked in Bleach

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MailOnline exclusive clip from film Soaked In Bleach raises questions Officially, the Nirvana frontman shot himself in the head in April 1994 Widow Courtney Love has kept suicide note under lock and key since then 'Practice sheet' contains key letter combinations also found on the note Private detective believes portions of the note may have been written later He was found dead in his home two decades ago after an apparent suicide.

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One of the reasons why tragic elements are widely used in the media is because as heinous as it is, we are more concern and pay more attention to bad news than the good ones. In fact, it has already been scientifically proven that people recognise and react faster to negative words than positive words according to the BBC article "Psychology: Why bad news dominates the headlines". An example is Kurt Cobain's suicide attempt in Rome caused by his tragic flaws, depression and chronic drug use, which drew the attention of millions to the media.

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- Meticulous: taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy
- Vilify: to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
- Affable: courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
- Transient: lasting only a short time, fleeting;
- Virtuoso: a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique
- Heinous: very wicked, offensive, hateful

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A great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined fordownfall, suffering, or defeat

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Investigation into the events surrounding the death of musician Kurt Cobain.

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- Peripeteia:  a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation, especially in a literary work
- Mimesis: imitation; mimicry
- Hamartia: tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero
- Anagnorisis: hero makes an important discovery in the story; change from ignorance to knowledge
- Revenge Tragedy: basic plot was a quest for vengeance and which typically featured scenes of carnage and mutilation
- Katharsis: the feelings of pity and fear that audience feels for the protagonist after his downfall.