The ambitious Becky Sharp ends the novel living respectably in England, possibly having helped kill her rich admirer Jos Sedley for his insurance money.

Tricked by Iago into believing his wife Desdemona has been unfaithful, Othello smothers her in their bed.

Llewelyn Moss, who took two million dollars from a drug deal gone wrong, is killed off-page by Mexican cartel gunmen, not by the hitman Anton Chigurh.

Eddie Spinola, who used the brain-boosting drug MDT-48 to become a Wall Street star, runs out of the pills and faces deadly withdrawal.

Police chief Martin Brody, oceanographer Matt Hooper and shark hunter Quint go after the great white shark terrorizing Amity.

Forrest returns to Alabama after a string of wild adventures and learns that Jenny has married someone else and has a son, little Forrest, who is his.

Darrow, a Red miner secretly carved into a Gold, wins the brutal Institute by storming Olympus and taking the cheating Proctors prisoner.

Paul Atreides leads the Fremen of Arrakis to victory over the Harkonnens and the Emperor’s Sardaukar, kills Feyd-Rautha in a duel and forces Emperor Shaddam IV to surrender.

The novel’s six nested stories return in reverse order, ending where it began, with notary Adam Ewing in 1850 recovering from being poisoned by a doctor he trusted.

Charlotte the spider saves Wilbur the pig from slaughter by weaving words like “Some Pig” and “Humble” into her web, and Wilbur wins a special prize at the county fair.