Statistics for Shakespeare character by death

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death	character	% Correct
killed by none of women born	Macbeth	88%
snake bite	Cleopatra	77%
poisoned via the ear	King Hamlet	69%
smothered by a pillow	Desdemona	54%
wounded by his own poisoned sword	Laertes	42%
hanged, partially on the orders of her sister	Cordelia	35%
poisoned by her sister	Regan	31%
thirst and starvation after being buried chest-deep	Aaron	23%
shock and joy from learning his son is alive	Duke of Gloucester	19%
eats hot coals	Portia	19%
baked into pie	Chiron and Demetrius	15%
cut to pieces	Coriolanus	15%
stabbed and drowned in wine	George, Duke of Clarence	12%
shame	Enobarbus	8%
dismembered then thrown on a fire	Alarbus	4%