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…to ignore what Teiresias said because all prophecies weren’t true. She then told Oedipus about the prophecy an oracle once made about Laius, stating that he would be killed by his own son and that his wife would marry the killer. She told him that never…

…to kill him after they celebrate this imaginary marriage. This seems to deduce the woman to the position of the flea. The poet is trying to tie the woman and the flea together. If the woman were to kill the flea, then she would be committing suicide in a way…

…, work, marriage, and crimes. People were expected to perform their jobs satisfactorily or they would be severely punished. The “eye for an eye” rule was often used. For instance, if a physician accidentally killed a patrician during surgery, the physician…

…men were destroyed. Eventually he drifted to an island that had heard about him and gave him a ship and men to get him home safely to his wife in Ithaca. His solution is coming back home to his wife and son. But he had to kill…

…to finish off unwanted female babies. On payment of a fee that can range between Rs. 60-150, these dais kill the female babies the moment they are bornThe methods adopted to kill newborns are many. In south Indian states like Tamil Nadu, children are either fed…

…return to civilaztion always. If we go back living in nature, there will be conflicts such as becoming savages, and no law to keep humans under control, we are civilized by laws, to keep us from killing each other, and bringing justice. Without…

…Abortion Abortion is the killing of a human being before it is born. It is killed while it is a fetus. John Noonan states several things concerning the subject of abortion. If you are conceived by human parents, you are human. The life of the fetus…

…violates the fundamental prohibition against killing, except of course in the case of self-defense or defense of others; Thirdly it is thought that there would be a general reduction of respect for human life if official barriers to killing were removed…

…The definition of euthanasia means "easy death", which comes from the Greek term eu thanatos. Today we refer to euthanasia as mercy killing, "the voluntary ending of life of someone who's terminally or hopelessly ill." An example of euthanasia…

…(Party of the Work of the People), was killed in Sason on 16 February 1994. After the shooting, the police came to the area and investigation had started. An autopsy was performed in the public prosecutor's presence by two general practitioners…