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  2. Appointment in Samarra - Wikipedia

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    Appointment in Samarra, published in 1934, is the first novel by American writer John O'Hara (1905–1970). It concerns the self-destruction of the fictional character Julian English, a wealthy car dealer who was once a member of the social elite of Gibbsville (O'Hara's fictionalized version of Pottsville, Pennsylvania).

  3. Trifles (play) - Wikipedia

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    The women find evidence of abuse and realize that is why Mrs. Wright killed her husband. They end up hiding the evidence. The role reversal of Mrs. Peters acting as the sheriff and investigator, her husband's job, shows that women are able to act on their own volition and that women do not belong to their husband.

  4. In a Grove - Wikipedia

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    Desperate about her daughter's unknown fate, she begs the police to find her. Next, the caught Tajōmaru confesses. He states that he killed the man, but not the still missing woman, not knowing of her whereabouts. Upon first seeing Masago with her husband on the road, her veiled face revealed by a gust, he decided that he was going to rape her.

  5. Rachel Keller - Wikipedia

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    "Rachel's journalistic demeanor gives way to a more desperate and motherly heroism as she tries to save her loved ones while discovering exactly why the Morgans killed Samara. Thus, Rachel is called on to investigate the death of a family member, to pay more attention to her son and his father, and to unearth the horrible tragedy of a murdered ...

  6. A Jury of Her Peers - Wikipedia

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    But now finding her bird dead with a broken neck, it is evident that Mr. Wright killed the bird, leading Mrs. Wright to strangle her husband in a similar manner. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters use their knowledge and experience as two "midwestern rural women" to understand Mrs. Wright's suffering when the only living thing around her has died. [5]

  7. Suicide in literature - Wikipedia

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    It is common to depict suicide in literature. Suicide , the act of deliberately killing oneself, is a prominent action in many important works of literature. Authors use the suicide of a character to portray defiance, despair, love, or honor.

  8. 'Granny Ripper' who murdered 11 people may have eaten her victims

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    Meet The Russian Granny Who Has Killed More Than 11 People Over two decades, the senior woman beheaded and dismembered her victims while cataloguing the kills in a diary which was recently ...

  9. Violence in literature - Wikipedia

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    Violence in literature refers to the recurrent use of violence as a storytelling motif in classic and contemporary literature, both fiction and non-fiction. [1] Depending on the nature of the narrative, violence can be represented either through graphic descriptions or psychological and emotional suffering.