Killer fiction
Identify the victim and the work
in which he, she or it is slain.
Answers below.
- He seems such a friendly,
big goof that she doesn't fear him. But he panics and
breaks her neck—like a puppy's.
- Brutal assassination
happens in the parliament of the day. You too? the
surprised victim says to one of his several stabbers.
(Photo above.)
- The archbishop loses his
life after refusing the king's request—a true story,
more or less.
- A spy reveals a murder
plot to our protagonist, only to be killed himself,
setting off highland chases and a coastal conclusion.
- He dies of a stroke after
receiving the dreaded black spot. But he's left behind a
map....
- He's getting old and
useless, so he's sent to the glue factory— though
the porcine bosses claim he died under medical
attention.
- Her husband is just a
jealous guy though he really has nothing to be jealous
off—it's all a setup by his conniving ensign. In the end
she's left feeling smothered.
- They call him a monster
just because he regularly wipes out all the king's men.
So not only is he eventually slain but so is his mother.
- He tumbles down the falls
with our hero, never to appear again—although our hero
makes a comeback in a later story.
- Her reward for trying to
help our young hero regain his inheritance is a beating
death at the hands of her black-hearted lover.
The three winners are being notified.
The answers:
1. Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men
2. Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar
3. Thomas Becket in Murder in the Cathedral
4. Richard Hannay in The Thirty-Nine Steps
5. Billy Bones in Treasure Island
6. Boxer in Animal Farm
7. Desdemona in Othello
8. Grendel in Beowulf
9. Moriarty The Final Problem
10. Nancy in Oliver Twist
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