The question we were asked is why do mothers do the unthinkable and kill their kids. I think that the article we read has a correlation with the Ancient Greek play we're reading. In the play, Madea plans on killings her children because her wife decided to leave her for a younger, prettier girl who also happens to be royalty. She is obviously killing her own kids to get revenge on her husband. She gets this idea when she meets a man who can't have kids himself and says that killings kids is the worst punishment. The article states the possible reasons why a mother would kill their child include:
●“Altruistic filicide,” the most common motive, where a mother rationalizes that killing her
child is in the child’s best interest.
●“Acutely psychotic filicide,” where a mother kills without an understandable motive,
possibly hearing voices.
●“Fatal maltreatment filicide,” where a mother does not necessarily mean to kill her child, but death occurs after cumulative abuse.
●“Unwanted child filicide,” where a mother believes her child is a hindrance in her life. ●“Spouse revenge filicide,” the rarest for mothers, where she kills her child to emotionally
strike out against the father.
Of these options, "spouse revenge fillicide" relates most to Madea
●“Fatal maltreatment filicide,” where a mother does not necessarily mean to kill her child, but death occurs after cumulative abuse.
●“Unwanted child filicide,” where a mother believes her child is a hindrance in her life. ●“Spouse revenge filicide,” the rarest for mothers, where she kills her child to emotionally
strike out against the father.
Of these options, "spouse revenge fillicide" relates most to Madea
