List of Suicides in Fiction - A

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• Aegeus, a character from Greek mythology, drowns himself after mistakenly believing that his son Theseus was dead
• Ajax the Great, a character from the Greek mythology, stabs himself with a sword (his death is described by Sophocles, Pindar and Ovid; the suicide is, however only implied in Homer when, in the Odyssey, the ghost of Ajax refuses to speak to Odysseus in Hades)
• Alaska Young, a character from John Green's "Looking for Alaska," drives straight into a police car while drunk, on purpose.
• Misa Amane (Death Note), unknown cause. In the anime, she was last seen standing at the top of a very tall building; it is assumed that she jumped. In the manga it was suggested that she hanged herself.
• Antigone, a character from Greek mythology, hangs herself whilst awaiting execution.
• Princess Ashe ("Final Fantasy XII") Sorrow over her kingdom's defeat. Method not specified.
• Alia Atreides (Dune), defenestration
• Duke Leto Atreides, (Dune), poison gas capsule