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The contemplation of suicide in the media

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The contemplation of suicide in the media

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A death by committing suicide, is one of the most controversial and heinous ways to perish due to religious and moral factors. In addition, killing oneself is absolutely a tragic death which will be promoted by the media due to its sensitive content that attracts the public. However, in the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare the main character had and egregious view towards self-annihilation since he contemplated suicide as an option to end one’s sorrows by just executing a single action. On Act 3, Scene 1, a melancholic and effusive Hamlet said the following, “To be, or not to be… 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”. Moreover, numerous modern day tragic heroes can be identified with Hamlet’s thoughts, one of them is the deceased rock artist Kurt Cobain. Both Hamlet and Cobain, saw suicide as a viable option to alleviate their pain. However the musician was frenetic and decided to take action by his own hand eventually finishing with his life while Hamlet didn’t end it all. At age 27, the rock performer decided to pull the trigger and end his griefs. Furthermore, his tragic flaws were severe depression and drug addiction which eventually caused his downfall. To conclude, both Hamlet and Cobain have a connection due to the fact that both saw committing suicide as an excellent method to stop one’s misery.

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1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself'
The lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, has been found dead in his Seattle home.
The 27-year-old rock star had a single gunshot wound to the head. A gun and suicide note were found nearby.

It appeared he had been dead for at least 34 hours when his body was discovered by an electrician who was carrying out repairs at the musician's house. Mr Cobain's mother, Wendy O'Connor, said she had not heard from him for six days.

The troubled singer, whose band achieved global fame with the release of its album Nevermind in 1991, survived a drug and alcohol-induced coma in Rome last month.

A statement from Nirvana's management company, Gold Mountain Entertainment, said: "We are deeply saddened by the loss of such a talented artist, close friend, loving husband and father."

Mr Cobain was married to the lead singer of the band Hole, Courtney Love. The couple had a daughter, Frances Bean, 18 months ago.

The three-piece group from Aberdeen in Washington State, were due to arrive in Britain next week on the next leg of their European tour.

Nirvana are widely acknowledged to be the leading pioneers of the Seattle-based grunge movement, combining a violent rock sound with lyrics expressing vulnerability and anguish.

Eight million copies of their hit Smells Like Teen Spirit have been sold worldwide. The band's latest album, In Utero, released last year, was also a great success.

But American music journalist Jeff Gilbert said Mr Cobain had been depressed by bass player Chris Novoselic's recent announcement that he wanted to leave the band.

Nirvana's frontman joins a long litany of rock stars - including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin - who have died young.

Ms O'Connor told reporters after her son went missing she had warned him about suffering a similar fate.

"I told him not to join that stupid club," she said.

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BBC ON THIS DAY | 8 | 1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself'

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1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself' The lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, has been found dead in his Seattle home. The 27-year-old rock star had a single gunshot wound to the head. A gun and suicide note were found nearby.

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A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.

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Why is the this application of tragic elements so widely used in news headlines today?

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Severe Depression
Drug Addiction
Bi-polar Disorder
Hyperactivity

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Throughout history, tragedy has been one of the most utilized elements on literature and on the media. Nowadays, the majority of journalists apply tragic elements on their publications causing curiosity and morbidity among the worldwide community. Why is that a great number of writers across the globe add notorious tragic elements to their publications? This occurs due to the interest the public has on lurid stories, in other words if the story is shocking reporters have more probabilities of getting better ratings. For instance, the in order to revive the death of the highly venerated rock band artist Kurt Cobain various newspapers used tragic headlines in order to attract the readers attention. Cobain at age 27, decided to take the timorous action of committing suicide in order to alleviate his pain. According to his family, Cobain was suffering of severe depression and drug addiction. In other words, the celebrity had tragic flaws.The death of Nirvana's vocalist was deleterious for his comprehensive fans which saw him as a role model. This is why Kurt Cobain can be considered a modern day tragic hero since he had acquired fame and fortune, but lost it due to his cowardliness and tragic flaws which eventually caused his downfall.

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1)Kurt Cobain achieved fortune and fame, however he later took a bad step that led to his downfall.

2)Even though Cobain was suffering severe depression and was being consumed by drugs, his suicide wasn't justified for many reasons.

3)Life has its peaks and downfalls, Cobain experienced both at a high rate.

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Peripeteia:When a character produces an effect opposite to that which he intended to produce.

Anagnorisis: Is a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined for good or bad fortune.

Hamartia: A mistake or error-not knowing enough.

Katharsis: relief.

Memesis: imitating=life imitates art.
Revenge Tragedy: a style of drama, popular in England during the late 16th and 17th centuries, in which the basic plot was a quest for vengeance and which typically featured scenes of carnage and mutilation.

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A talented yet troubled grunge performer, Kurt Cobain became a rock legend in the 1990s with his band, Nirvana. He committed suicide at his Seattle home in 1994.

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Steven Tyler Talks Of Kurt Cobains Death &

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Slash & Kirk Hammet & Lenny Kravitz Talks

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Courtney Love Interview About Kurt Cobain

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Kurt Cobain's Death Report from ABC News (April 8, 1994)

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The death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as covered by an ABC News broadcast in April of 1994. With anchor Diane Sawyer reciting lyrics from "Dumb".

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Tribute to Kurt Cobain   MTV Video Music Awards 1994

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Tribute to Kurt Cobain   MTV Video Music Awards 1994

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MTV AWARDS 1994

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Tribute to Kurt Cobain (MTV Video Music Awards 1994)

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Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic pays tribute to the late Kurt Cobain at the 1994 MTV VMA's.

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Venerated: Respected and given devotion.
Comprehensive: including everything.
Timorous: cowardly; fearful
Apprehension: fearor anxiety.
Rancorous: bitter, hateful.
Heinous: very wicked, offensive, hateful
Deleterious: harmful, injurious.
Alleviate: to ease a pain or burden.
Notorious: widely known because of bad conduct.