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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* Denethor in ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''. "Bring wood and oil." In the original book he burns in the tomb where he's built his pyre, but in [[Peter Jackson]]'s film version he runs out of the tomb and across the courtyard while still burning so that he can throw himself off the front of the rock prow overlooking the battlefield. Director's commentary made note of the distance but admitted [[Rule of Cool|he really wanted the shot of Denethor falling from the pinnacle.]] |
* Denethor in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. "Bring wood and oil." In the original book he burns in the tomb where he's built his pyre, but in [[Peter Jackson]]'s film version he runs out of the tomb and across the courtyard while still burning so that he can throw himself off the front of the rock prow overlooking the battlefield. Director's commentary made note of the distance but admitted [[Rule of Cool|he really wanted the shot of Denethor falling from the pinnacle.]] |
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* In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Xenocide'', Han Fei-tzu builds a pyre for himself and his wife when she dies. |
* In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Xenocide'', Han Fei-tzu builds a pyre for himself and his wife when she dies. |
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* The tutor in ''A City in Winter'' sets himself on fire and throws himself off a tower to signal the start of the revolution. |
* The tutor in ''A City in Winter'' sets himself on fire and throws himself off a tower to signal the start of the revolution. |
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