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Most tragic deaths in literature?

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If you've ever read or heard of Hardy before you should have been preparing yourself for a death long before you even picked up the book :biggrin:

But the end of Far from the madding crowd was so happy :frown:

now everytime a character is introduced i like 'oh god dont like him whatever you do cus they might be the one that dies!'

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csea

tess of the d'urbervilles 100%

Reply 102

blinkbelle

Original post by emiliee21

But the end of Far from the madding crowd was so happy :frown:

now everytime a character is introduced i like 'oh god dont like him whatever you do cus they might be the one that dies!'

I can't wait to see your reaction :smile:

Reply 103

lilyrawstorne

Original post by Reminisce

The Time Traveler's Wife

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YES. My Mum read the book before me and she was crying for hours, I nearly did too ...

Reply 104

D.V.Evans

What themes to do the characters of Mice and men portray ?

Reply 105

-honeybee-

Original post by D.V.Evans

What themes to do the characters of Mice and men portray ?

Do your own homework :wink:

Reply 106

STARMissyB

There was a couple of deaths in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that were quite tragic :frown:

... The chapters "The Prince's Tale" and "The Forest again" made me cry :colondollar:

as did the death of a certain Redhead :frown:

Reply 107

Lewk

oh crap now i know snape dies! :angry:

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cz100

Too many from Harry Potter.
Marley in Marley and me.
Anna in My Sister's Keeper
And I may have felt more upset over Boxer in Animal Farm, if it wasn't for the fact we were sucking the book dry by studying it.

Reply 109

Expecto_Patronum

Loads of the deaths in Harry Potter:

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Mickey and Eddie's death in Blood Brothers always has me in floods. (It's not exactly a spoiler, though!)

Marley and Me is heartbreaking, as is the end of Noughts and Crosses.

Reply 110

Profesh

The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons:

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emiliee21

Original post by blinkbelle

I can't wait to see your reaction :smile:

you'll receive a reply in like 3 weeks thats reads something like 'you bitch, i was expecting that death. you ruined the book. AKA you ruined my life"
or something equally over dramatic hahaa xxx

Hedwig :'(

Hardy is famously tragic and took great delight in murdering his darlings. Individually, Jude the Obscure, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and The Mayor of Casterbirdge are fairly heart-wrenching, but taken together you have to think Hardy's relentless morbidity borders on the cartoonish.

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Annora

Original post by JAR12

In the Silmarillion

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Also Gorlim, Turin and Niniel/Nienor.

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thurin

Original post by Annora

Also Gorlim, Turin and Niniel/Nienor.

I've just been flicking through the Silmarillion, and I've realised that I'd completely forgotten about Finduilas, Gwindor's widow and Túrin's beloved! The death I found most tragic!
That and Gorlim - I'd forgotten about him and Eilinel.

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Annora

Original post by JAR12

And them too! It's all pretty tragic. But in a good way.

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Perfectionist

I've come across quite a number of tragic deaths, but not once have I felt sympathy as there's always at least one fault in, or a wrong decision made by the character that, on itself, is enough to make the ending just.