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- 961: Oedipus the King: Oedipus' Downfall is Because of King Laius
- ... Queen Jocasta, and to Oedipus. Sophocles says that prophecies from the gods of someone's fate should not be ignored when King Laius went to the Oracle of Delphi and received a prophecy that his child, Oedipus, was going to kill him and marry his wife, Jacosta. Shepherd - No! No! I said it before--I gave him the child...It was the son of Laius, so I was told. But the lady inside, your wife, she is the one to tell you. Oedipus - Did she give it to you? Shepherd - Yes, my lord, she did...To destroy it...She was afraid of dreadful prophecies...The child would kill its parents, that was the story. Oedipus - Then why did you give it to this old man here? Shepherd - In pity master. I thought he would take it away to a foreign ...
- 962: Hansel And Gretel Man Vs Women
- ... of the human race and is important that they are taught how to become a man or a woman. It is up to the parents of the children to instill values and to teach their child how to behave. They must explain to them what is right and wrong, and also what to do and not too. Reading fairy tales to children is a good way for parents to bond with ... In "Hansel and Gretel male and female children are treated differently and are taught to behave like the typical man or woman. Throughout the Sexton's fairytale children are treated much differently than the typical child is treated. All of the adults in the story treat children as though they are property. They use them for what they are good for. "Little child, Little nubkin, Sweet as fudge,You are my blitz. I will spit on you for luck, For you are better than money" (Sexton, 101) In this quote Sexton is saying how parents have children ...
- 963: Premarital Sex
- ... to sexually transmitted diseases, such as AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Syphilis, and Gonorrhea. Sex before marriage can also lead to unplanned pregnancies. These could possibly be teen parents. Unplanned pregnancies could also cause the child to lose a male role model and in some cases, unplanned pregnancies can even end up in abortion. Lastly, Sex before marriage can lead to problems within the relationship, there is extra unneeded stress on ... before marriage causes problems other then just diseases. Many people experience unplanned pregnancies as a result of premarital sex, people that have sex just for fun or just for the experience end up with a child that they cannot support or in some cases they don't even want. Teen pregnancy is a rising problem and premarital sex is a direct result of just that. Over 95% of teen pregnancies are ... or get a disease is to not have sexual intercourse at all. There is another problem with getting pregnant before marriage and it is that if the mother decides to go ahead and have the child, there is a chance that the father may not want to commit to a long term relationship with her. Thus this will leave the mother to have to raise the child on her own ...
- 964: Why Do Teenagers Have Pregancy
- ... the affected parent turns to alcohol as a remedy for some personal shortcoming. This parent has little to offer a young girl seeking the approval and admiration of her father. More often than not, the child is viewed as a nuisance by the parent, and the resultant irritation is hard to disguise. The child learns to either accept the irritation as the price for that parents affection, or rejects the cost and seeks the attention of the other parent. The other parent, if healthy, is carrying the weight of ... to fulfill a completely different set of needs. And thus, the groundwork has been set for a teenage pregnancy. The least complex enticement for an adolescent female to become pregnant is the fantasythat the expected child will fulfill her need for love and affection. As seen on television, a baby can be as cute as a stuffed animal and as loyal to its mother as a Labrador retriever. What is ...
- 965: Families In China
- ... Chinese society. The Chinese family has managed to survive the vast changes of the past quarter century. It still remains the basic social unit. China's population is extremely large, therefore it adopted the one - child - per - family policy( Ahmad,93). To enforce this policy the Government set up strict penalties and rewards. Families that insisted on having more than one child are fined and only receive small portions of food for their second child. The families that excepted it benefited greatly. They get wage increases, and a chance for a better more efficient life. The success of this policy varies in different areas. In the cities many families ...
- 966: Cloning In Light Of Frankenstein
- ... uses, some good, some bad. The morality of cloning thus depends absolutely on the goodness or badness of the motives and intentions of the cloners . . . by the way the parents nurture and rear their resulting child and whether they bestow the same love and affection on a child brought into existence by a technique of assisted reproduction as they would on a child born in the usual way. The liberal perspective sets cloning in the context of rights, freedoms and personal empowerment. Cloning is just a new option for exercising an individual\\'s right to reproduce or ...
- 967: Windflower
- ... unfortunate effects on an individual and the people around them. We, as readers, are in the beginning given the impression that Elsa is a fit mother who is responsible and knows how to raise her child properly. Later on though, we realize that it's the influence of other people in her life and the experience of isolation later on that lead her to make the decisions that she does. Elsa ... her depression as she observes the little boy she has given birth to. The unique little boy with blond hair and blue eyes takes her breath away. It seemed that in giving life to her child she had restored her own life to herself. Although Jimmy is a joy and a blessing to Elsa, he also creates a conflict for her. She does not know whether she should raise him as ... at the same time every day. Elsa is proud to be the mother of the baby whom everybody seems to want, and she tries to make decisions that are in the best interest of her child. These decisions however, anger her mother, Winnie. Winnie believes that Jimmy should be raised according to the ways of the Intuit only. So when Elsa decided to go back to work for Madame Beaulieu ...
- 968: Guns And Children
- Guns And Children Gun and Children Ways to keep them Safe in the House Bang! There is a shot and you rush to see what the hell just happened, but it is to late your child is no the ground with their brains all over the wall and is dead in less than a heart beat. After the statement you give the police they arrest you for the death of your child. You think to yourself and wonder how the outcome how that ordeal could have been prevented, and what you could have done so that did not ever happen. That would just eat me up inside knowing that all this could had been prevented if I only did one thing more to protect my child. If you truly want to keep your children safe, dismantle the gun into a couple pieces and keep them out of the reach of the children. Buying the bullets when you need to ,or ...
- 969: Oedipus
- ... only one voice, when it walks on most feet it is the weakest? Oedipus correctly answered Man and became the king of Thebes. This riddle is a metaphor for the life of Oedipus. As a child man crawls on his hands and knees this is the four feet to which the Sphinx refers. Also man is at his weakest as a small child. He depends solely on others for his nourishment and well being. Oedipus was the child of Jocasta and King Laius who was taken to the mountain by a shepard to be killed so the omen of the god apollo that Laius son would kill him and lay with Jocasta ...
- 970: Beloved
- ... feed her.
.and I could not let her nor any of em live under schoolteacher. That was out(163). But was that really an excuse to use for what she had done by taking her childs life? Paul D, who was her long-lost friend for eighteen years, disputes her reasoning for killing her child. He states, The prickly, mean-eyed Sweet Home girl he knew as Halles girl was obedient(like Halle), shy(like Halle) and work-crazy(like Halle). He was wrong. This here Sethe was new ... saw what Stamp Paid wanted him to see more important than what Sethe had done was what she claimed. It scared him(164). Paul D was bewildered and outraged by Sethes actions towards a child and found it unforgivable. Because she killed her child others deemed her a demon, incapable of love, and her younger daughter began believing that was true. She was deemed insane and others around her ...
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