في نهاية المسرحية قتل نفسه، في محاولة بائسة لتخليص عائلته من المشاكل التي تسبب لهم بها، وربما أيضا ليكف كيت عن كره.
At the end of the play he commits suicide in a sad attempt to rid his family of the problems he has caused them and perhaps also to stop Kate from hating him.