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Patricide Adrammelech and Sharezer murder father, Sennacherib, for Assyrian throne. [O.T.: II Kings 19:37] woman accused of butchering father and stepmother with ax (1872). [Am. Hist.: Hart, 91] killed his father at his mother’s instigation. [Br. Balladry: Edward in Benét, 302] kills father in argument not knowing his identity. [Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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So it is ironic that, as the new century opens, Trilling's own life has come to resemble a Freudian family romance, with his widow Diana displaying what some harsh critics have deemed an unseemly envy of her famous husband, and with his son James engaging in nothing less than vengeful patricide. Being proud and genteel New Englanders, the salon-goers covered up their patricide with flattery, duly noting Edwards's considerable intellect and pious reputation. This is, perhaps, the most horrifying of all the revelations in the poem and in the piece, for now we know that it was by his own Mother's counsel that Edward committed the heinous crime of patricide. |
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