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Code Geass[edit]

The reference to this is false, in the series of this television show the parents of the protagonist are instead killed by god/fate, meaning that they were dissolved from the earth, this means that he did not murder either his mother or father. A reffernce to this is in the episode where Lolouch is quoted as saying "this is realities response" referring to his parents dying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.22.15.116 (talk) 07:12, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Greek Mythology[edit]

I'm sure there are other instances of matricide in greek (and probablt roman as well) mythology. I myself can recollect one instance; Orestes kills his mother, Klytaimnestra in the play by Ayschylos (and Sofocles' version as well) for killing his father (Agamemnon), who killed Klytaimnestra's and his own daughter, Orestes' sister, Ifigeneia. As far as I remember, the play is known either as "Sofocles' Electra", "Ayscylos' Electra" or "The Horacy/Oresty" A link to the play "Orestes" by Euripides http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes_(play) (I believe it deals with the same myth). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.62.83.195 (talk) 11:06, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Causes[edit]

I removed "Paranoid Schizophrenia" from the listings of motivations for matricide. This is unsubstantiated. Research on people with schizophrenia shows only a slight increase in violent behavior compared to the general population and even then it is confounded with other factors including substance abuse, physical abuse, poverty, and others. Bottom line is that the relationship between schizophrenia and violence is not clear. The relationship between matricide and schizophrenia has not been established at all.

A word of caution: as authors we need to be careful about representing the mentally ill. They are a community impacted heavily by stereotypes and sweeping generalizations that are often unfounded. The schizophrenia - violence relationship is an example of one such stereotype. The rare cases of it become media hype, which people then remember vividly. Violence by ordinary folks isn't as easily remembered and hence the stereotype is born. Tobycat 04:46, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Beckett & Joyce[edit]

More authors to add. The theme in their works isn't well studied and few comment about it. There is the book. James Joyce ou L'écriture matricide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gyuen (talk • contribs) 01:48, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Family Guy[edit]

Someone really needs to work Stewie into this article somehow. I wouldn't know how though =/ socalifornia 05:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Patricide & Matricide[edit]

Is there a word for someone who kills both of their parents? Drutt (talk) 01:19, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That might be considered an act of "double parricide", though I've never heard the term used that way. Boneyard90 (talk) 06:46, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why they kill their mothers[edit]

There is a lot of reasons why would a child kill her or his mother and abuse is one of them.. 154.121.63.133 (talk) 07:32, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]