The idea of self-sacrifice is an interesting one. When a hero does it, it’s chivalrous or a way of getting around a deadlock. But when a villain does it, it’s because he’s “hot headed,” and the gesture seems to lose all nobility. Often, a villain who sacrifices himself does it because he’s trapped and has no other way out. A sane person would just give in. So then, how do we explain such a radical gesture? Can we imagine that a villain might sacrifices himself because he’s always lived on the fringes of society and can’t accept anyone making him do anything—even up to the end? We are not trying to embellish the gesture here, but to find a rational explanation to a question that is surely ultimately unanswerable.